UNSPSC 85471109: Drainage of basal ganglia, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of basal ganglia, percutaneous 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 00983ZZ

UNSPSC 85471109 Drainage of basal ganglia, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains no solicitations for neurosurgical drainage procedures, which is the medical service named in the code. Instead, the six recent opportunities tagged under this code address independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations, occupational medical surveillance for state ferry workers, Centers of Excellence surgical carve-out programs for municipal employees, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve basal ganglia drainage. The mismatch between the code name and the actual work being solicited suggests either a data-classification error in the state and local procurement systems or that the code is being applied to cover broader occupational and administrative health services rather than its nominal procedural scope.

The recent opportunities show activity across multiple issuing bodies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical evaluations, RFP due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, RFP due October 9, 2026), the City of Long Beach (surgical benefits carve-out, RFP due October 7, 2026), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty care for detained youth, RFI due September 25, 2026), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management, RFP due April 9, 2026), and Santa Clara County Health System (temporary health professional staffing, RFQ due October 7, 2026). The geographic spread includes California, Arizona, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Given the absence of relevant solicitations for the code's stated procedure and the presence of administrative health and occupational medicine work instead, the code appears to show little practical activity in the state and local market for its nominal scope.