UNSPSC 85511708: Bypass left femoral artery to lower extremity vein with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left femoral artery to lower extremity vein 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 041L0KS

UNSPSC 85511708 Bypass left femoral artery to lower extremity vein with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure; however, recent state and local contract opportunities show no solicitations for this surgical intervention itself. Instead, the code appears in a dataset alongside unrelated medical service procurements—independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, specialty medical services in detention settings, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which align with the code's narrow procedural scope. State and local health systems, benefits administrators, county workforce agencies, and pension boards are the issuing bodies present in the recent opportunities, but none are soliciting bypass graft procedures, vascular surgery supplies, or related implantable materials that would fall under this code's nominal definition.

The mismatch between the code's technical specificity and the actual scope of recent opportunities indicates that UNSPSC 85511708 shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code may be applied inconsistently in vendor databases or appear in aggregate health-services taxonomies without corresponding live demand signals. Business development professionals targeting state and local orthopedic, cardiovascular, or surgical implant markets should verify that opportunities are tagged with codes that align with actual product procurement, rather than relying on this commodity code as a signal of active vascular surgery demand at the state and local level.