UNSPSC 85504450: Bypass left axillary artery to right extracranial artery with autologous arterial tissue, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left axillary artery to right extracranial artery with autologous arterial tissue, 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 03160AJ

UNSPSC 85504450 Bypass left axillary artery to right extracranial artery with autologous arterial tissue, open approach is a Commodity code that does not map to the state and local procurement activity appearing in recent solicitations. The code describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities posted under this code are for independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these services involve the vascular bypass procedure the code nominally describes. The mismatch suggests either a coding error in how these opportunities were tagged or a systematic misalignment between the procurement category and the UNSPSC classification being applied.

State and local buyers tagging opportunities under this code include Phoenix's retirement offices (disability medical evaluation), Long Beach's municipal benefits administration (surgical procedure networks), Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medicine), Harris County Juvenile Probation, Collier County (pharmacy benefit management), and Santa Clara County Health System (temporary staffing). Recent activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida, with no single state or jurisdiction dominating the recent posting volume. Until the classification issue is resolved, business development professionals should verify that opportunities tagged under this code actually require the specific vascular surgical capability it describes rather than treating the postings as reliable indicators of procurement demand for that service.