UNSPSC 85472725: Extraction of cerebral meninges, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extraction of cerebral meninges, 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 00D10ZZ

UNSPSC 85472725 Extraction of cerebral meninges, open approach (Commodity) shows a fundamental mismatch between the code's nominal scope — a neurosurgical procedure — and the recent state and local opportunities posted under it. The six most recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, specialty surgical network management for public employees, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve neurosurgical extraction procedures or brain tissue dissection. The code appears to be either misapplied by issuing procurement offices or used as a catch-all placeholder for health services contracting where more precise UNSPSC classifications are unavailable.

Activity across the recent opportunities reveals issuing bodies spanning state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county governments (Collier County, Harris County, Santa Clara County), cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), and regional public health systems. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) seeks comprehensive disability medical record summary and examination coordination for approximately 75 annual benefit applications under Arizona's Public Safety Personnel Retirement System, with a five-year term capped at $750,000. The Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) requires physician board-certified in occupational medicine to conduct baseline, periodic, and exit examinations across 14 ferry system locations statewide, with a two-year initial term and optional five-year extensions. Santa Clara County Health System's non-exclusive qualified-vendor-pool RFP (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) seeks temporary staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories including diagnostic imaging, cardiology, therapy services, and sterile processing, with no guaranteed work volume. Geographic activity concentrates in California, Arizona, and Washington; the code shows no recent activity in the majority of states.