UNSPSC 85731413: Revision of synthetic substitute in bladder, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of synthetic substitute in bladder, 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 0TWB0JZ

UNSPSC 85731413 Revision of synthetic substitute in bladder, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show no alignment with urological or bladder-replacement work. Instead, the solicitations span independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefits for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. The code appears to be used as a catch-all or mis-tagged classification for healthcare administration and medical services procurement rather than as a specific procedural classification. State and local issuers include city retirement offices, municipal HR departments, state transportation agencies, county probation departments, county commissioners' offices, and county health systems—a broad mix of healthcare purchasers and benefits administrators rather than surgical facilities or medical device suppliers.

Activity is spread across Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas, with no concentration in any single state or region. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years) to support disability determinations for public safety pension boards; the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical procedure carve-out benefits for the Anthem PPO plan (due October 7, 2026, contract anticipated April 2027) offering Centers of Excellence for knee, hip, orthopedic, shoulder, spine, heart, weight loss, and oncology procedures; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry locations (due October 9, 2026, two-year term with up to five one-year extensions); and Santa Clara County Health System's qualification pool solicitation for temporary health professional staffing in ancillary clinical categories including audiology, cardiology, diagnostic imaging, and therapy services (due October 7, 2026, non-exclusive, multiple-award vehicle with no guaranteed volume). This code warrants scrutiny—the mismatch between the nominal surgical procedure scope and the actual healthcare administration and staffing work being bought suggests either systematic mis-tagging by procurement offices or a fundamental category misalignment that limits its usefulness for targeting surgical implant or device suppliers.