UNSPSC 85511135: Supplement middle colic artery with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement middle colic 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 04U80JZ

UNSPSC 85511135 Supplement middle colic artery with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a highly specialized surgical procedure — vascular supplementation of the middle colic artery — yet the five recent opportunities tagged to it span institutional healthcare administration (inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support services, and fire department medical direction), none of which involve vascular surgery or the specific procedural work the code names. The mismatch suggests either misclassification of these opportunities at posting or systematic misalignment between the code's clinical scope and how state and local procurement offices are tagging healthcare service contracts.

The recent opportunities themselves reflect a broad mix of issuing bodies — a county corrections system (Muscogee County, Georgia), a county benefits administration function (Collier County, Florida), a county employee health plan (Monroe County, Florida), a county behavioral health department (San Mateo County, California), and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica, California) — and they span pharmacy benefit management ($8.7 million annual historical spend in Collier County), virtual primary care for county employees and retirees, peer support services for mental health workers, and emergency medical services medical direction. These are legitimate state and local healthcare procurements, but they do not map to vascular surgical supply or procedural work. If your firm pursues healthcare services contracts with state and local governments, monitor whether this code continues to mislabel administrative and clinical management opportunities, as the tagging inconsistency may obscure or scatter related work across multiple UNSPSC classifications.