UNSPSC 85511803: Bypass left external iliac artery to bilateral femoral arteries, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left external iliac artery to bilateral femoral arteries, 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 041J0ZK

UNSPSC 85511803 Bypass left external iliac artery to bilateral femoral arteries, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific vascular surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for public safety pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical procedure carve-out benefit administration, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve the vascular bypass procedure itself or anything functionally equivalent to it.

The mismatch suggests either a systemic coding error in the state and local procurement source or that the code has been misapplied to administrative healthcare services and staffing that sit outside its nominal scope. The recent opportunities do show active health system and county procurement across multiple states — Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach and Santa Clara), Washington, Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County) — but they do not reflect activity in vascular surgery provision or materials procurement. Firms evaluating this code for business development purposes should verify the UNSPSC category assignment before pursuing these opportunities, as the code appears to have little decision-relevant relevance to the work actually being solicited.