UNSPSC 85512578: Bypass abdominal aorta to bilateral femoral arteries 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 bilateral femoral 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 041009K

UNSPSC 85512578 Bypass abdominal aorta to bilateral femoral arteries with autologous venous tissue, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific vascular surgical procedure; however, the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show little alignment with the code's nominal scope. The solicitations posted under this code over the past three months span independent medical evaluation services for disability retirement determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which directly concern the specific aortic bypass procedure the code names. This mismatch suggests either a systematic tagging error in the source jurisdictions' procurement systems or the code's use as a catch-all placeholder for medical services that lack a better categorical fit.

The issuing bodies span state and local health systems, county governments, and municipalities: the Washington State Department of Transportation (on behalf of the Washington State Ferries), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), the County of Santa Clara Health System (California), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas). Geographic activity clusters in the Southwest and Pacific regions, with Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington represented. Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026) for ferry workers across 14 locations, Collier County's pharmacy benefit management RFP (due April 9, 2026, historical spend approximately $8.7 million annually), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing qualification vehicle (due October 7, 2026) across 13 ancillary clinical categories. Given the code's mismatch with recent opportunities, this category warrants close examination of the actual medical services being procured under it rather than reliance on the procedure code itself.