UNSPSC 85473538: Removal of monitoring device from cranial nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of monitoring device from cranial nerve, 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 00PE02Z

UNSPSC 85473538 Removal of monitoring device from cranial nerve, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a surgical procedure, but recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code bears no relationship to neurosurgical implant removal. The opportunities posted under this code since mid-August 2026 involve occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, independent medical evaluation for public safety pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-out networks, temporary clinical staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody—none of which involve cranial nerve procedures or surgical device extraction. The mismatch between the code's surgical nomenclature and the actual work being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or that the code has been repurposed in practice to capture broader healthcare service contracting outside its intended surgical scope.

Activity under this code spans multiple issuing bodies across at least four states: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), the Washington State Department of Transportation (Washington), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years), Washington State Ferries' RFP for occupational medical surveillance covering 14 locations across Washington (due October 9, 2026), the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical benefit Centers of Excellence networks (due October 7, 2026, covering orthopedic, spine, cardiac, oncology, and weight loss procedures), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive qualified-vendor-pool solicitation for temporary ancillary clinical staffing (due October 7, 2026). The code shows no relevant recent activity in its nominal surgical domain; procurement professionals should treat this classification as a data-quality issue rather than a reliable indicator of actual opportunity flow.