UNSPSC 85471803: Bypass cerebral ventricle to atrium with autologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass cerebral ventricle to atrium with autologous tissue substitute, open 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 0016072

UNSPSC 85471803 Bypass cerebral ventricle to atrium with autologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code describing a specific neurosurgical procedure, yet recent state and local solicitation activity tagged under this code does not reflect procurement of this medical service. Instead, the code is presently associated with solicitations for occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, specialty and emergency medical services for youth in custody, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve cerebral ventricular bypass procedures. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the issuing bodies' procurement systems or misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how state and local agencies actually tag medical and health services contracts. State and local governments using this code are city retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation departments, county juvenile probation departments, and county commissioners' offices seeking general medical administration, benefit management, and staffing services rather than specialized neurosurgical procedures.

Recent activity spans Arizona, Washington, California, and Florida. Representative solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 maximum over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry locations (due October 9, 2026, two-year term with optional five-year extensions), the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive qualified vendor pool RFP for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026), and the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical benefit carve-out services under an Anthem PPO plan (due October 7, 2026, anticipated go-live April 1, 2027). The code shows no relevant procurement activity aligned with its nominal commodity definition.