UNSPSC 85542408: Removal of drainage device from spleen, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from spleen, external 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 07PPX0Z

UNSPSC 85542408 (Removal of drainage device from spleen, external approach) is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged under this code do not involve surgical procedures or spleen-related medical devices; instead, they reflect solicitations for healthcare administration, pharmacy management, and emergency medical services—none of which fall within the scope of the code's nominal taxonomy. The Columbus Consolidated Government issued an RFP on April 15, 2026 (due May 15, 2026) for comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison, a 576-inmate facility; Collier County Board of County Commissioners posted an RFP on April 9, 2026 (due April 9, 2026) for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 county employees and 4,800 covered members; Monroe County, Florida issued an RFP on March 14, 2026 (due April 16, 2026) for virtual primary care and 24/7 urgent care services; and the Santa Monica Fire Department posted an RFP on February 25, 2026 (due October 16, 2025) for an EMS Medical Director. None of these opportunities involve surgical device procurement or the removal of implanted medical devices.

This code shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The posting and response dates, scope descriptions, and issuing bodies suggest that the code has been misapplied to opportunities whose actual content—inmate healthcare contracting, employee pharmacy administration, virtual care platform services, and emergency medicine direction—bears no connection to spleen-drainage-device removal. Procurement professionals evaluating this code should disregard these tagged opportunities as classification errors and monitor for genuine surgical device or medical-procedure opportunities that align with the code's intended scope. Without evidence of actual demand for the procedure this code describes, pursuit under the current activity record is not supported.