UNSPSC 85731160: Removal of artificial sphincter from bladder, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of artificial sphincter from bladder, via natural or artificial opening. 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 0TPB7LZ

UNSPSC 85731160, Removal of artificial sphincter from bladder via natural or artificial opening, is a Commodity code showing no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal clinical scope. The six recent opportunities tagged to this code across the source material — independent medical evaluations for public safety disability determinations (City of Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-out networks (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing pools (Santa Clara County Health System) — represent procurement of medical administration, occupational health services, behavioral health management, pharmacy operations, and clinical staffing support rather than urological surgical procedures or implant-related services. The issuing bodies span state departments, county human resources and health authorities, municipal retirement offices, and county juvenile justice departments, with no pattern of repeat buyers under this code.

The geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with no concentration in any single jurisdiction or region. Given the fundamental mismatch between the code's stated scope (a specific surgical procedure) and the actual work being solicited (health plan administration, occupational medicine, pharmacy management, and workforce staffing), this code does not represent a viable procurement category for vendors in the urological device, surgical procedure, or implant-related supply chain. The code appears to have been applied incorrectly to health services administration solicitations rather than to clinical procedures or medical devices. Firms pursuing state and local medical procurement should verify code assignment independently rather than rely on the code tag alone when evaluating opportunities in this area.