UNSPSC 85471817: Bypass cerebral ventricle to peritoneal cavity with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass cerebral ventricle to peritoneal cavity 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 00160J6

UNSPSC 85471817 Bypass cerebral ventricle to peritoneal cavity with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that does not match the work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical implant procedure, but recent opportunities tagged to this code instead cover occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and youth detention medical services—none of which involve implantable medical devices or the specific neurosurgical procedure the code names. This mismatch indicates either a systematic tagging error in the source data or a jurisdictional misclassification; the code shows no relevant recent activity aligned to its stated scope.

No state or local government solicitations under this code reflect procurement of neurosurgical implants, bypass devices, or related surgical supplies. The five opportunities posted between July and September 2026 span the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluations), the City of Long Beach (surgical benefit programs), the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty medical services), Collier County Board of Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary health professional staffing)—all administrative, staffing, or managed-care activities rather than implantable device procurement. Until this classification error is resolved at the source level, vendors pursuing medical device, surgical supply, or implant opportunities should monitor codes more closely aligned with orthopedic, cardiovascular, or neurosurgical device procurement rather than relying on this code's recent activity signal.