UNSPSC 85471211: Drainage of thalamus, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of thalamus, 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 00994ZZ

UNSPSC 85471211 Drainage of thalamus, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific neurosurgical procedure, but the six recent opportunities tagged to it across state and local jurisdictions are unrelated to neurosurgery or thalamic drainage: they cover independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for PPO enrollees, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. These solicitations do not align with the code's stated scope, indicating either a taxonomic misclassification in the source data or a systematic tagging error by the issuing jurisdictions.

The mismatch suggests that UNSPSC 85471211 is not actively used by state and local buyers to describe actual procurement in this market. Business development professionals should verify the correct UNSPSC code before pursuing opportunities in occupational health surveillance, medical evaluation services, or health plan administration, as the present code does not reflect the work state and local agencies are actually buying in these categories.