UNSPSC 85472840: Supplement dura mater with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement dura mater with autologous tissue substitute, 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 00U237Z

UNSPSC 85472840, Supplement dura mater with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific neurosurgical procedure — dural augmentation using autologous tissue via percutaneous insertion. However, recent state and local procurement activity shows no opportunities aligned with this clinical procedure code. The six opportunities posted between July and September 2026 and tagged with this UNSPSC span independent medical evaluation services for public safety pension boards, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for state ferries, emergency and specialty medical care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories. None of these solicitations involve dural augmentation, neurosurgical procedures, or tissue-substitute implants. The code appears to have been applied broadly or incorrectly to capture general medical services procurement rather than the specific procedure the code names.

The issuing bodies include city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal health plans (Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington), county corrections systems (Harris County), county benefits administration (Collier County), and county health systems (Santa Clara). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the actual work being solicited—administrative and staffing services for health benefit management and occupational medicine—suggests either systematic miscoding or that this UNSPSC designation is not an appropriate procurement classification for the health services contracts state and local bodies are actually posting. Practitioners should verify code alignment with issuing bodies before pursuing opportunities tagged under this code, as the current activity set does not support bidding on the medical procedure the code describes.