UNSPSC 85593511: Removal of stimulator lead from stomach, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of stimulator lead from stomach, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0DP64MZ

UNSPSC 85593511 Removal of stimulator lead from stomach, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that bears no relationship to the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under it. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure — the percutaneous endoscopic removal of a gastric stimulator lead — yet the six most recent opportunities posted under this code solicit independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit management for government employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary ancillary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve gastric stimulator devices, percutaneous procedures, or endoscopic surgery. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by posting jurisdictions or a data classification error in the taxonomy assignment itself.

The code shows no recent activity aligned with its stated Commodity scope. Pursuing vendors in gastric stimulator removal and related implantable device services will find no relevant current demand signal in this UNSPSC category among state and local buyers. The recent opportunities reflect health services administration, occupational health compliance, managed care program management, and temporary clinical staffing — categories that belong in entirely different UNSPSC families. Business development professionals should verify the correct code families for these health-services-administration and staffing solicitations and monitor those codes instead.