UNSPSC 85471221: Excision of thalamus, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision 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 00B94ZZ

UNSPSC 85471221 Excision of thalamus, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code's nominal scope describes a specific neurosurgical procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged to this code do not align with that clinical definition. Instead, the tagged solicitations cover disability medical record review and independent medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-out program management, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention emergency medical services, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary ancillary health professional staffing — none of which involve thalamic excision or endoscopic neurosurgery.

The geographic and issuing-body spread of the opportunitiesTagged to this code spans multiple states and institution types: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California). Recent representative solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP 26001 for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP 20260825 for occupational medical surveillance services (due October 9, 2026, with a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFSQHHSFY270052 for temporary health professional staffing (due October 7, 2026, multiple award). The misalignment between the code's clinical procedure name and the actual work being bought suggests either a systematic tagging error or a fundamental mismatch between UNSPSC classification and procurement practice in this category.