UNSPSC 85471706: Removal of monitoring device from cerebral ventricle, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of monitoring 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 00P6X2Z

UNSPSC 85471706 Removal of monitoring device from cerebral ventricle, external approach is a Commodity code that shows a mismatch between its nominal scope and actual state and local procurement activity indexed under it. The code nominally describes a specific neurosurgical procedure — extraction of an external ventricular drain — yet the recent opportunities tagged to this code involve occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical procedure carve-out networks, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these services or products align with the code's clinical descriptor. State and local procurement offices appear to have applied this code to a broad family of health services and benefits administration work that falls outside the code's intended clinical scope.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span county health systems, municipal pension boards, state transportation agencies, and county commissioners' offices. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office sought independent medical evaluation services (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years); the City of Long Beach pursued a surgical procedure carve-out program for its Anthem PPO plan (RFP HR26753, due October 7, 2026); the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries requested occupational medical surveillance (RFP RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026); Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (RFI 071626BNM, due September 25, 2026); Collier County sought pharmacy benefit management services (RFP 258414, due April 9, 2026, approximately $8.7 million annual historical spend); and the County of Santa Clara Health System built a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (RFSQ RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). Recent activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no dominant concentration in any single state or jurisdiction type. The code's application to health administration and staffing work rather than the specific neurosurgical procedure it nominally describes suggests this Commodity code carries minimal relevance to firms pursuing actual cerebral ventricle device removal contracting.