UNSPSC 85504444: Bypass left axillary artery to left lower arm artery with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left axillary artery to left lower arm artery with synthetic substitute, 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 03160J4

UNSPSC 85504444, Bypass left axillary artery to left lower arm artery with synthetic substitute, open approach, is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure, yet state and local opportunities posted under this classification during the past three months span medical services procurement with no connection to vascular bypass surgery: independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations, surgical carve-out benefit programs for public employees, occupational medical surveillance, specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing offices or a data-entry error in the opportunity records themselves. No solicitation in the source material requests vascular surgical services, prosthetic devices, or related medical supplies.

The opportunities that appear under this code originate from diverse issuing bodies—a city retirement office in Arizona, a municipal health plan in California, a state transportation agency in Washington, a county juvenile probation department in Texas, a county health consortium in Florida, and a county health system in California—but none of them are buying what the code nominally describes. The geographic spread spans Arizona, California, Texas, and Washington. Given the absence of relevant recent activity aligned to the code's stated scope, pursue opportunities under this code only after confirming with the issuing body that the UNSPSC classification accurately reflects the goods or services being sought.