UNSPSC 85532924: Bypass hepatic vein to lower vein with autologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass hepatic vein to lower vein with autologous tissue 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 061407Y

UNSPSC 85532924 Bypass hepatic vein to lower vein with autologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under this code show little alignment with surgical implant procurement or cardiovascular devices. The opportunities instead span occupational medical surveillance services, disability medical evaluation coordination, pharmacy benefit management administration, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employee health plans. State and local procurement offices are issuing these solicitations under the code—including requests from the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the Washington State Department of Transportation (on behalf of Washington State Ferries), the City of Long Beach, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System—but the work being purchased does not correspond to the UNSPSC category name. No solicitations for the actual procedure, implant materials, or related vascular surgery supplies have appeared in the recent-opportunities block.

The geographic spread of activity includes Arizona (Phoenix), Washington (multiple ferry system locations), California (Long Beach and Santa Clara County), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County). Activity reflects a mix of city pension and retirement offices, state transportation agencies, county health systems, and county procurement divisions. Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's request for occupational medical surveillance services (RFP20260825, proposals due October 9, 2026, with a pre-bid conference scheduled for August 31, 2026), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's solicitation for independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations (RTMRFP26001, proposals due October 16, 2026, with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years), and the City of Long Beach's request for surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit programs through Centers of Excellence (HR26753, proposals due October 7, 2026). The code shows a fundamental mismatch between its nominal scope and current procurement activity, suggesting either systematic miscoding in state and local systems or that the taxonomy entry no longer reflects actual buying patterns in this segment.