UNSPSC 85471716: Revision of synthetic substitute in cerebral ventricle, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of synthetic substitute in 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 00W6XJZ

UNSPSC 85471716, Revision of synthetic substitute in cerebral ventricle, external approach, is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a neurosurgical procedure — the replacement or revision of a synthetic implant in the cerebral ventricle — yet the recent opportunities posted under this code are unrelated to the surgical procedure itself. Instead, they span independent medical evaluations for public safety pension disability determinations, surgical benefits carve-outs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, youth detention emergency medical services, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve neurosurgical implant revision or cerebral ventricle procedures. This mismatch suggests either a taxonomy coding error in the state and local procurement system or that the code is being applied to unrelated medical services outside its nominal scope.

The recent opportunities do span multiple jurisdictions and issuing-body types. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System have all posted under this code between July and September 2026. The work ranges from administrative medical record review and evaluation coordination (Phoenix, due October 16, 2026) to operational occupational health surveillance (WSDOT, due October 9, 2026) to vendor-pool qualification for temporary clinical staffing (Santa Clara, due October 7, 2026). Because these opportunities do not align with the code's stated purpose, the code does not serve as a useful signal for vendors pursuing neurosurgical implant services or cerebral ventricle procedure work in the state and local market.