UNSPSC 85471705: Removal of drainage device from cerebral ventricle, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from cerebral ventricle, external 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 00P6X0Z

UNSPSC 85471705 Removal of drainage device from cerebral ventricle, external approach is a Commodity code, but recent state and local contract activity shows little alignment with the code's nominal medical procedure scope. The posted opportunities under this code instead reflect broader healthcare administration, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical networks—none of which involve neurosurgical drainage device removal. The mismatch suggests either systematic coding error in the source data or that the code is being applied as a catch-all for diverse healthcare procurement rather than for the specific neurological procedure its name describes.

The few opportunities present span multiple jurisdictions and issuing bodies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluation services for disability determinations), the City of Long Beach (surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary health professional staffing). Recent solicitations posted between July and September 2026 span Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Because the work being procured bears no substantive relationship to the code's stated scope, this code shows little relevant current activity for vendors in the neurosurgical device or neurological procedure service line.