UNSPSC 85504447: Bypass left axillary artery to left upper 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 upper 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 03160J1

UNSPSC 85504447 Bypass left axillary artery to left upper arm artery with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little alignment with that technical definition. The actual solicitations use the code to tag occupational health services, independent medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical care-out programs, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which match the code's surgical-intervention name. This code shows a material mismatch between its nominal scope and the work state and local governments are currently buying under it, rendering it unreliable as a taxonomy signal for surgical procedure procurement.

Recent opportunities span diverse issuing bodies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluations for disability determinations), the City of Long Beach (surgical care-out benefits administration), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (specialty and emergency medical services), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary health professional staffing). Geographic activity includes Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. Given the absence of genuine surgical-procedure-procurement activity under this code and the prevalence of unrelated health-services and staffing solicitations, this code does not represent a reliable procurement opportunity for vendors in surgical procedure supply, implants, or related services.