UNSPSC 85504401: Bypass left axillary artery to left extracranial artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left axillary artery to left extracranial artery, open approach. This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 03160ZK

UNSPSC 85504401 Bypass left axillary artery to left extracranial artery, open approach (Commodity) does not describe work actually being procured by state and local governments in recent solicitations. The code nominally refers to a surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged under it span independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, surgical benefit carve-out programs, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty emergency medical services for youth in detention — none of which are bypass procedures or surgical interventions themselves. The mismatch suggests either a data-entry error in how opportunities were tagged or a fundamental misalignment between the code's clinical-procedure definition and the administrative and staffing services state and local procurement offices are actually buying.

State and local jurisdictions issuing solicitations under this code include city retirement offices (Phoenix), county health systems (Santa Clara), county juvenile probation departments (Harris County), county commissioners (Collier County), and state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation). The geographic spread covers Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. No recent opportunities show direct procurement of the surgical procedure the code nominally represents.