UNSPSC 85471119: Drainage of medulla oblongata, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of medulla oblongata, 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 009D3ZZ

UNSPSC 85471119 Drainage of medulla oblongata, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no substantive recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal medical procedure scope. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—are administrative healthcare management and staffing services, not neurological drainage procedures. The mismatch between the code's technical clinical descriptor and the actual work being solicited suggests this code is either incorrectly applied to these opportunities by the issuing bodies or serves as a catch-all placeholder within their procurement systems for healthcare administration outside conventional medical procedure categories.

The issuing bodies spanning these opportunities include state health and transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation, County of Santa Clara Health System), county pension and retirement offices (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), county human resources and procurement divisions (Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and municipal retirement and benefits offices (City of Long Beach). Geographic activity is dispersed across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no clear concentration. Because the code does not capture relevant procurement signals for state and local buyers actually seeking drainage services or similar neurosurgical procedures, pursuit decisions under this code should weight the mismatch heavily—the opportunities present are not competitive terrain for a firm positioned in procedural neurology, neuroimaging, or related clinical services.