UNSPSC 85471508: Drainage of cerebral hemisphere, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage 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 00973ZZ

UNSPSC 85471508 Drainage of cerebral hemisphere, percutaneous approach (Commodity) shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code's nominal scope—a neurosurgical procedure—does not align with the state and local contract opportunities posted under this UNSPSC designation. The recent solicitations tagged to this code instead cover occupational medical surveillance services, pharmacy benefit management administration, independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, temporary health professional staffing for hospital ancillary roles, and emergency medical services for youth detention—none of which involve neurosurgical drainage procedures or percutaneous cerebral interventions. The mismatch suggests either a data-classification error in the source or a systematic miscoding issue within the issuing jurisdictions' procurement systems.

The posting activity that does appear under this code spans Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara Health System), Florida (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation), reflecting a geographically dispersed set of health-related procurements by cities, counties, state departments, and county health systems. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026) supporting disability benefit determinations, the Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance services (due October 9, 2026) covering ferry system workers across 14 locations, and the County of Santa Clara Health System's solicitation for temporary health professional staffing (due October 7, 2026) establishing a qualified vendor pool across ancillary clinical categories. These postings appear to reflect administrative or operational health-services procurements rather than neurosurgical interventions.