UNSPSC 85511953: Bypass right external iliac artery to bilateral internal iliac arteries with autologous venous tissue, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass right external iliac artery to bilateral internal iliac arteries with autologous venous 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 041H09C

UNSPSC 85511953 Bypass right external iliac artery to bilateral internal iliac arteries with autologous venous tissue, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local contract activity shows virtually no alignment with this code's procedural scope. The six most-recent opportunities tagged to this code span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for state transportation workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve vascular bypass surgery or the specific anatomical intervention the code names. State and local procurement offices appear to be using this code incorrectly or as a catch-all for general medical services without regard to the Commodity-level specificity UNSPSC intends.

The issuing bodies include a city retirement office (City of Phoenix), a large city (Long Beach), a state department (Washington State Department of Transportation), a county juvenile probation department (Harris County), a county board of commissioners (Collier County), and a county health system (Santa Clara). Geographic spread spans Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations with a due date of October 16, 2026 (maximum contract value $750,000 over five years), and the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services for ferry workers with a due date of October 9, 2026 and a pre-bid conference scheduled for August 31, 2026. Because this code's nominal scope does not match the work actually being solicited, pursuit under this code designation carries significant risk of miscommunication or misclassification during proposal development and evaluation.