UNSPSC 85472817: Excision of dura mater, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of dura mater, percutaneous 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 00B23ZZ

UNSPSC 85472817 Excision of dura mater, percutaneous approach (Commodity) shows no meaningful state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal clinical procedure scope. The recent opportunities tagged to this code address occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure carve-outs for employee benefits, and emergency/specialty care for detained youth—none of which involve neurosurgical dural procedures or their direct procurement. The code appears to have been misapplied to administrative healthcare services and population health management work that falls outside the specific clinical intervention the Commodity describes.

State and local issuing bodies tagging opportunities to this code include county health systems, city retirement offices, county commissioners, and state transportation departments across Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas. However, the mismatch between the code's neurosurgical procedure taxonomy and the actual scope of recent solicitations—which center on staffing, medical evaluation administration, benefit carve-outs, and pharmacy management—indicates either systematic coding error in the opportunities or a fundamental misalignment between the Commodity classification and current state and local procurement usage. Business development professionals should verify coding accuracy with issuing bodies before pursuing opportunities tagged to this code, as the work being solicited does not correspond to the dura mater procedure the Commodity nominally describes.