UNSPSC 85522172: Bypass left innominate vein to upper vein with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass left innominate vein to upper vein with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 051447Y

UNSPSC 85522172, Bypass left innominate vein to upper vein with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach, is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged under this code—independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance, juvenile detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—do not align with the code's nominal scope of a specific surgical vascular procedure. The code appears to have been applied broadly or incorrectly to medical services and health benefits administration rather than to the targeted surgical intervention the code describes.

State and local governments are not currently soliciting this particular procedure or closely related vascular surgical services through the opportunities visible in the source. The mismatch between the code's technical surgical scope and the actual work being bought suggests either a cataloging issue or that state and local procurement offices are not routinely tagging episodic or procedural medical interventions at this granular UNSPSC level. Firms pursuing work in this space should monitor state and local health system RFPs, managed care carve-outs, and specialty procedure networks for Centers of Excellence arrangements, but should not expect to find active opportunities specifically coded to this vascular procedure commodity.