UNSPSC 85504461: Bypass left axillary artery to right lower arm 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 lower arm 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 03160A3

UNSPSC 85504461 Bypass left axillary artery to right lower arm artery with autologous arterial tissue, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure code, yet the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under it bear no relationship to vascular surgery or any clinical procedure — they reflect instead procurement for occupational medical surveillance, disability evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, specialty surgical carve-outs, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. The code appears to be a data classification mismatch; none of the recent opportunities solicit vascular surgical procedures or related supplies, and the UNSPSC taxonomy itself does not align with the scope of work actually being transacted by state and local buyers under this designation.

The issuing bodies represent a mix of city retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation departments, and county juvenile justice authorities across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no evident repeat buyer or concentration. The single opportunity closest to clinical procedure work—the City of Long Beach's carve-out for Centers of Excellence surgical procedures including spine, orthopedic, and cardiac interventions—remains a benefit administration and network management solicitation rather than procurement of the specific bypass procedure named in the code. Given the mismatch between the code's clinical descriptor and the absence of relevant recent activity, this code warrants exclusion from pursuit unless future opportunity data clarifies the taxonomic error or reveals genuine surgical-procedure-specific demand from state and local buyers.