UNSPSC 85521147: Bypass right internal jugular vein to upper vein with autologous arterial tissue, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass right internal jugular vein to upper vein 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 051M0AY

UNSPSC 85521147 Bypass right internal jugular vein to upper vein with autologous arterial tissue, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local opportunities show the code is being used to tag medical and healthcare services procurement that bears no relationship to the narrow vascular-surgery scope of the code itself. State and local governments soliciting under this code are actually buying occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for disability benefit determinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure carve-out programs for employee health plans, and emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth. The issuing bodies include county health systems, county human resources and benefits administrations, state departments of transportation, county juvenile probation departments, and municipal retirement offices across multiple states. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being procured suggests the code is either misapplied by posting agencies or serves as a catch-all for healthcare administration and employee health benefit services rather than point-of-service clinical procedures.

Recent activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 maximum over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (due October 9, 2026, pre-bid conference August 31, 2026), the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical procedure carve-out benefits and Centers of Excellence networks for its Anthem PPO plan (due October 7, 2026, anticipated contract start April 1, 2027), the County of Santa Clara Health System's multiple-award RFSQ for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department's RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (due September 25, 2026), and Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 members with historical annual pharmacy spending of $8.7 million (due April 9, 2026, effective contract term January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028). The code shows consistent activity but warrants verification that your target opportunity is actually a clinical procedure purchase rather than a healthcare administration or employee benefits contract miscoded to this commodity.