UNSPSC 85641216: Removal of monitoring device from trunk subcutaneous tissue and fascia, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of monitoring device from trunk subcutaneous tissue and fascia, 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 0JPT02Z

UNSPSC 85641216 Removal of monitoring device from trunk subcutaneous tissue and fascia, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure for removing subcutaneous implants, but the six recent state and local solicitations tagged to this code are instead requesting medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational health surveillance, surgical care-out networks, youth detention healthcare, and temporary clinical staffing — none of which align with the code's stated scope of removing subcutaneous monitoring devices via open surgical approach. The mismatch suggests either a cataloging error or a substantial drift between the code's definition and how state and local procurement systems are applying it.

Given this misalignment, the code does not represent a coherent procurement opportunity for firms seeking to bid on work actually matching the UNSPSC description. State and local buyers tagging work to this code may be seeking a broader range of healthcare services and staffing than the code's name implies, but pursuing this code as written — removal of monitoring devices from subcutaneous trunk tissue — would not align with the medical evaluation, benefits management, surveillance, and staffing opportunities currently being solicited under it.