UNSPSC 85511137: Supplement left colic artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left colic 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 04U70KZ

UNSPSC 85511137 Supplement left colic artery with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope — a specific surgical procedure for arterial supplementation — does not match the six recent state and local opportunities tagged under it, which instead solicit occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out networks, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. These opportunities address healthcare administration, staffing, and benefit design rather than the surgical intervention the code describes.

The mismatch between the code's medical-procedure title and the administrative and staffing services actually being solicited suggests either a cataloging error in the underlying opportunities or a fundamental misalignment between how this code is labeled in state and local procurement systems and the work jurisdictions are actually buying. No concrete signal supports pursuing this code on the assumption that surgical-procedure-level opportunities will emerge; the recent record indicates state and local governments are using this code for health system administrative procurement that falls well outside the code's technical definition.