UNSPSC 85512577: Bypass abdominal aorta to lower extremity artery with autologous venous tissue, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass abdominal aorta to lower extremity artery 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 041009Q

UNSPSC 85512577 Bypass abdominal aorta to lower extremity artery with autologous venous tissue, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure performed on patients, whereas the recent opportunities posted under this code reflect administrative and staffing services entirely unrelated to vascular surgery or any surgical procedure: disability medical evaluations for pension boards, health plan benefit administration, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention medical services, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. The mismatch suggests that the code is being applied incorrectly by issuing bodies, or the opportunities have been mistagged in the source database.

The recent opportunities span multiple issuing bodies—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System—across Arizona, California, Washington, and Texas. However, none of these solicitations procure the medical device, implant, or surgical service that the UNSPSC code describes. Without alignment between the code's stated commodity and the actual scope of work being solicited, the code presents no meaningful procurement signal for vendors in vascular surgery, implants, or related surgical services. Business development professionals should flag this code as currently inactive for its intended purpose and verify the correct UNSPSC classification with issuing bodies if pursuing opportunities under these issuing bodies' health and human services categories.