UNSPSC 85504527: Bypass right axillary artery to bilateral lower arm artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass right axillary artery to bilateral lower arm artery with nonautologous tissue 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 03150K5

UNSPSC 85504527, Bypass right axillary artery to bilateral lower arm artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach, is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The recent opportunities in the source represent health plan administration, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, independent medical evaluation services, and temporary clinical staffing — none of which correspond to the surgical procedure named in the code. State and local governments are not procuring the specific surgical intervention the code describes.

The mismatch between the UNSPSC code and the actual work being solicited suggests either a data-classification error in the state and local opportunity records or a substantial drift in how this code is being applied in practice. The opportunities posted under this code do not justify pursuit based on the code's nominal scope. A business development professional evaluating this code for surgical-procedure procurement should verify whether the code is being used correctly by issuing bodies before allocating resources to monitor it.