UNSPSC 85532442: Replacement of portal vein with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of portal vein 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 06R80JZ

UNSPSC 85532442 Replacement of portal vein with synthetic substitute, open approach (Commodity) shows no meaningful state and local procurement activity aligned with the code's nominal scope. The six recent opportunities posted under this code across state and local jurisdictions involve independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations (City of Phoenix), surgical procedure carve-out benefits (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Department of Transportation), specialty and emergency medical services for youth in custody (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (Santa Clara County Health System). None of these solicitations involve portal vein replacement, vascular grafts, or surgical implant procurement at the commodity level; instead, they span administrative health services, benefits contracting, and clinical staffing arrangements that fall outside the code's intended classification as a specific surgical procedure product or implant service.

The mismatch between the code's clinical-procedure specificity and the breadth of general healthcare administration and staffing services actually tagged under it reflects a broader tagging inconsistency in state and local procurement databases. State and local issuing bodies — particularly health systems, counties, and municipalities managing employee benefits and detention facility healthcare — are using this code to cast a wide net across medical services procurement rather than to identify discrete surgical implant or procedure-specific opportunities. For a vendor pursuing work in vascular implants, synthetic grafts, or surgical procedure-specific services at the state and local level, this code as currently populated does not signal actionable demand. Vendors should monitor how state and local procurement systems recalibrate medical-procedure and medical-service classifications, or pursue opportunities through health system capital equipment, surgical supply, or medical device RFPs posted under different UNSPSC families or classes.