UNSPSC 85504534: Bypass right axillary artery to right extracranial artery with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass right axillary artery to right extracranial 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 03150JJ

UNSPSC 85504534 Bypass right axillary artery to right extracranial artery with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a specific surgical procedure, yet recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code does not involve vascular bypass surgery or surgical implants. Instead, the code appears to be capturing independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, surgical benefit carve-out programs, specialty medical services for youth in custody, and temporary health professional staffing — a collection of administrative health services and clinical staffing procurement spanning retirement disability determinations, employee health benefits, regulatory compliance examinations, and clinical operations support. The issuing bodies are diverse: municipal retirement boards (City of Phoenix), large city human resources departments (City of Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara County Health System), county probation departments (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and county benefits consortiums (Collier County Board of County Commissioners). None of these opportunities involve the surgical procedure the code nominally describes.

Recent activity centers in Arizona, California, Washington, and Florida. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services supporting public safety pension disability determinations (due October 16, 2026, maximum contract value $750,000 over five years); the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations (due October 9, 2026, cost-based scoring with pre-bid conference August 31, 2026); the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical procedure carve-out benefits through Centers of Excellence for approximately 3,800 plan members (due October 7, 2026, with contract execution and go-live targeted April 1, 2027); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's multiple-award qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical specialties (due October 7, 2026). The code shows material recent volume but a fundamental mismatch between its nominal scope and actual procurement activity — vendors pursuing contracts tagged 85504534 should validate the specific opportunity language before investing in proposal development, as the code does not reliably predict the nature of the work being solicited.