UNSPSC 85515056: Bypass abdominal aorta to lower artery with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass abdominal aorta to lower artery with synthetic substitute, 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 04100JR

UNSPSC 85515056 Bypass abdominal aorta to lower artery with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with the state and local contract opportunities posted under this classification. The recent solicitations tagged to this code—independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, surgical procedure carve-out programs, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical services for youth in custody—describe healthcare administration, staffing procurement, and benefits program management rather than vascular surgical procedures or implantable medical devices. The code appears to be a clinical procedure identifier from a medical taxonomy that state and local procurement systems have incorrectly applied to administrative and staffing contracts, creating a substantive mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual purchasing activity.

The recent opportunities do show broad state and local health-system involvement—Arizona's Phoenix Retirement Office, California's Long Beach and Santa Clara County, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, and Florida's Collier County—spanning multiple jurisdictions and procurement categories. However, no clear demand pattern emerges for the vascular surgical procedure the code nominally describes. State and local purchasers should not rely on this code for market research into implantable medical devices or surgical procedure sourcing; the classification signal is uninformative for that purpose. Firms pursuing state and local healthcare contracts should verify the actual commodity or service being solicited through the full RFP text rather than code classification alone, as tagging appears unreliable in this instance.