UNSPSC 85472800: Meninges arachnoid space protective membranes-percutaneous approach

This class includes one or more of 22 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the meninges and arachnoid space, percutaneous approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 00.

UNSPSC 85472800 Meninges arachnoid space protective membranes—percutaneous approach is a Class code with minimal alignment to recent state and local procurement activity. The source identifies no recent opportunities actually soliciting devices or services matching the code's nominal medical device scope. The five most-recent state-local contract opportunities tagged to this code instead involve inmate medical and pharmacy services contracting, pharmacy benefit management administration, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for peer workers, and fire department medical director services — none of which concern meningeal membrane protective devices or percutaneous neurological procedures. This suggests either consistent miscoding by issuing bodies or that the code is not actively used in state and local procurement at present.

The issuing bodies in the opportunity block include county corrections departments (Muscogee County, Georgia), county health benefits purchasing (Collier County, Florida and Monroe County, Florida), a county behavioral health services agency (San Mateo County, California), and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica, California). Geographic activity appears concentrated in Florida and California with a single Georgia opportunity. Because the recent opportunities do not reflect genuine demand for the products or services the code nominally describes, business development professionals should verify whether this code is appropriate for their product line or service offering and monitor whether issuing bodies correct their coding practices, as current activity offers no actionable procurement signals.