UNSPSC 85471241: Release pons, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release pons, 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 00NB4ZZ

UNSPSC 85471241 Release pons, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged under it span inmate medical services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary care, peer support, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve percutaneous endoscopic release of the pons or are surgical procedures in scope. The mismatch reflects a common tagging error in state and local procurement systems, where broad health services contracts are assigned narrow procedure codes rather than the appropriate clinical service or health management family codes.

The few opportunities present in the record show issuing bodies across county health systems (Collier County, Monroe County, Florida), county corrections (Muscogee County, Georgia), county behavioral health (San Mateo County, California), and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica, California), with RFPs posted between February and April 2026 and response deadlines spanning April through July 2026. The geographic spread is limited to Florida, Georgia, and California. Because the opportunities are substantively unrelated to the code's stated scope, this code shows little actionable recent activity for vendors pursuing percutaneous endoscopic surgical services or related medical devices at the state and local level. Business development professionals evaluating opportunities under this code should verify the actual UNSPSC classification of their target work before pursuing these opportunities.