UNSPSC 85751112: Supplement right seminal vesicle with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement right seminal vesicle with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0VU10KZ

UNSPSC 85751112 Supplement right seminal vesicle with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code whose title does not align with recent state and local procurement activity posted under it. The recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect medical evaluation, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, surgical procedure carve-out programs, temporary clinical staffing qualification vehicles, and specialty medical services for detained youth—none of which involve urological surgical procedures. State and local procurement bodies appear to be using this code as a catch-all for medical services procurement broadly rather than the specific surgical procedure named in the code's taxonomy definition. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding at the source level or use of the code as a placeholder for medical and health professional services without regard to its narrow commodity definition.

The recent opportunities span multiple issuing bodies and geographies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluations for disability determinations), the City of Long Beach (surgical procedure carve-out benefits management), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty medical services for youth in custody), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary clinical staffing). Geographic activity includes Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. Given the disconnect between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited, practitioners should treat this code as showing little relevant recent activity for the defined commodity and verify coding accuracy with issuing bodies before pursuing opportunities tagged to UNSPSC 85751112.