UNSPSC 85471812: Bypass cerebral ventricle to mastoid sinus with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass cerebral ventricle to mastoid sinus with synthetic 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 00160J1

UNSPSC 85471812 Bypass cerebral ventricle to mastoid sinus with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The source records six recent opportunities across Arizona, California, Washington, and Florida, none of which involve neurosurgical procedures, implants, or surgical approach techniques. Instead, the recent solicitations span independent medical evaluation services, health plan carve-outs for surgical centers of excellence, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty medical care for youth in detention, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing. The code's nominal scope—a specific neurosurgical procedure with synthetic implantation—does not match what state and local bodies are actually buying under this tag.

The mismatch suggests either miscoding in the source data or a classification anomaly that makes this code unsuitable for business development targeting. State and local procurement under codes aligned with neurosurgical procedures, implants, and hospital-based surgical services would typically appear in health system capital purchases, managed care networks, or medical supply contracts; the recent opportunities here reflect third-party administration, staffing, and care coordination rather than procedural or device acquisition. A firm evaluating pursuit under this code should verify with issuing bodies whether the code has been applied in error or whether it is used as a catch-all for healthcare services unrelated to the code's statutory definition.