UNSPSC 85511836: Bypass left external iliac artery to bilateral femoral arteries with autologous arterial tissue, 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 with autologous arterial tissue, 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 041J0AK

UNSPSC 85511836, Bypass left external iliac artery to bilateral femoral arteries with autologous arterial tissue, open approach (Commodity), describes a highly specific surgical procedure code that state and local governments do not procure directly as a product or service. The recent opportunities tagged under this code show a clear mismatch: the solicitations involve independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out networks, and youth detention healthcare — none of which involve vascular bypass grafting procedures or procurement of autologous arterial tissue. The code appears to have been applied incorrectly to state and local health procurement opportunities that involve broader medical administration, staffing, and benefits management rather than the procurement of surgical procedure codes themselves. State and local agencies do not typically solicit surgical procedures as standalone line items; they procure health plans, medical services administration, staff augmentation, and clinical program management.

The issuing bodies in the recent record include a city retirement office (City of Phoenix), a municipal benefits administration (City of Long Beach), a state transportation department (Washington State Department of Transportation), a county juvenile probation department (Harris County), a county health consortium (Collier County), and a regional health system (Santa Clara County). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (responses due October 16, 2026) supporting disability pension determinations, and the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP for ferry system workers (responses due October 9, 2026, pre-bid August 31, 2026). The code shows no genuine procurement activity aligned with its stated scope as a surgical procedure specification.