UNSPSC 85504409: Bypass left axillary artery to left upper leg artery, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left axillary artery to left upper leg 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 03160Z7

UNSPSC 85504409 Bypass left axillary artery to left upper leg artery, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure — a vascular bypass graft — yet the recent solicitations posted under this code are for inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for peer workers, and fire department medical direction. None of these opportunities involve vascular surgery, surgical supplies, or the implantable devices and instruments that the code name suggests. The mismatch signals that either the code has been misapplied to these procurements or the taxonomy entry itself requires correction at the source level.

The recent opportunities spanning the code include requests from county corrections systems, county human resources and health plan operations, county boards of commissioners, and county behavioral health departments across Georgia, Florida, and California. No vascular surgery-related procurement has appeared under this code in the recent activity block, and no surgeries, implants, bypass grafts, or surgical instrumentation are mentioned in any of the solicitations. Absent evidence of vascular surgery procurement or related medical device and instrument supply, this code shows no relevant activity for firms pursuing state and local contracts in its stated commodity domain.