UNSPSC 85471820: Bypass cerebral ventricle to cerebral cisterns with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass cerebral ventricle to cerebral cisterns 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 00160JB

UNSPSC 85471820 Bypass cerebral ventricle to cerebral cisterns with synthetic substitute, open approach (Commodity) shows no meaningful recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The six most recent opportunities tagged to this code—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations in Phoenix, surgical benefit carve-out networks in Long Beach, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers in Washington, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth in Harris County, pharmacy benefit management in Collier County, and temporary health professional staffing in Santa Clara County—address occupational health programs, employee benefits administration, clinical staffing, and detention-facility medical services rather than neurosurgical implant procedures or ventriculoperitoneal-shunt-equivalent interventions. The mismatch between the code's clinical descriptor and the procurement activities it flags suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or incidental tagging that does not reflect actual buying patterns. No issuing body has solicited bypass-ventricular supplies, device inventory, surgical-procedure contracting, or related neurological implant services under this code in the recent-opportunities record.

State and local procurement under this code does not warrant focused business development activity at this time. Vendors in neurosurgical devices, implantable medical hardware, or procedure-specific supplies should verify independently with state health departments, hospital networks, and surgical centers whether this code is used for actual procurements; the available evidence does not support material opportunity flow through standard state and local RFP, RFQ, or IFB channels under this taxonomy entry.