UNSPSC 85471504: Division of cerebral hemisphere, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to division of cerebral hemisphere, 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 00873ZZ

UNSPSC 85471504 Division of cerebral hemisphere, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work actually being solicited by state and local governments under this code. Recent state and local solicitations tagged with this UNSPSC number are requesting medical evaluation, occupational health, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing services — none of which align with the neurosurgical procedure the code nominally describes. The mismatch suggests either miscoding by issuing bodies or a data-classification error in the procurement records.

The recent opportunities span diverse jurisdictions and health-sector functions: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office seeking independent medical evaluation services for pension-board disability determinations; the City of Long Beach requesting surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit management; the Washington State Department of Transportation requesting occupational medical surveillance; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issuing an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth; Collier County requesting pharmacy benefit management services; and the County of Santa Clara Health System establishing a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing. Geographic activity appears concentrated in California, Arizona, Washington, Texas, and Florida, but the underlying activities lack coherence with the code's stated focus on neurosurgery. The code shows limited relevance to business developers pursuing state and local contracts in its current form.