UNSPSC 85473111: Drainage of lumbar spinal cord with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of lumbar spinal cord with drainage device, 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 009Y00Z

UNSPSC 85473111 Drainage of lumbar spinal cord with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure code, but the recent opportunities tagged under it do not align with the code's narrow clinical scope—the solicitations involve occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, specialty surgery carve-out programs, temporary health professional staffing, and juvenile detention healthcare services. None of these activities involve lumbar spinal cord drainage procedures or related implantable devices.

State and local procurement offices appear to have tagged these opportunities with this code in error or as a catch-all for broad health services and medical management categories that fall outside its intended scope. The geographic spread includes Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, Santa Clara County), Washington (WSDOT), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County), but the work being solicited—medical evaluations, pharmacy management, occupational medicine surveillance, and staffing services—does not correspond to drainage device procurement or spinal cord surgical services. Business development professionals pursuing this code should verify that actual buying patterns in their target jurisdiction align with the code definition before pursuing opportunities, as the current activity suggests potential misclassification rather than a meaningful procurement channel for the named service.