UNSPSC 85533490: Supplement gastric vein with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement gastric 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 06U247Z

UNSPSC 85533490 Supplement gastric vein with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code whose nominal title does not align with the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under it. The source shows no active solicitations for surgical procedures or gastrointestinal interventions. Instead, the code appears to be tagged on a diverse set of health services procurement activities—including independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for state transportation workers, emergency and specialty care for youth in detention, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—that fall outside the code's stated clinical scope. This mismatch suggests either a data-tagging error or a systematic use of the code as a catch-all for state and local healthcare services procurement that bears no relationship to the specific procedure the code nominally describes.

The issuing bodies span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), counties (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), and cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), with recent posted opportunities concentrated in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Given the evident disconnect between the code's clinical definition and the actual health services being bought, the code presents limited utility for targeting firms with specialized capabilities in the named surgical procedure. Firms pursuing state and local healthcare services contracts should verify code assignments in individual RFPs rather than relying on this code as a reliable category marker.