UNSPSC 85682960: Removal of drainage device from skull, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from skull, percutaneous 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 0NP030Z

UNSPSC 85682960 Removal of drainage device from skull, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code for a specific surgical procedure; however, the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code do not involve surgical procedures on the brain or skull. Instead, state and local buyers have tagged procurement activity related to occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing, and surgery benefit carve-out programs under this code. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited suggests that this code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its stated procedure definition. State and local procurement systems often apply codes imperfectly, and buyers appear to be using this code for general medical services administration rather than for neurosurgical drainage-device removal.

The geographic spread of the few postings includes Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with issuing bodies spanning county government, municipal government, a state department of transportation, and county health systems. The most recent identified opportunity with any connection to medical services is the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance solicitation (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), which seeks baseline, periodic, and exit medical examinations for transportation workers—a scope unrelated to the code's stated neurosurgical definition. Given the absence of solicitations for actual skull-drainage procedures and the presence of misaligned tagging, firms evaluating this code should treat it as dormant for procurement purposes and verify directly with specific issuing bodies if neurosurgical services are being competitively solicited.