UNSPSC 85764434: Removal of other device from head, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of other device from head, 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 0WP03YZ

UNSPSC 85764434 Removal of other device from head, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope — a surgical procedure code — does not align with the state and local contract activity currently tagged under it. The recent opportunities posted against this code involve occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, surgical carve-out benefit administration, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these align with percutaneous cranial device removal, and the mismatch suggests either persistent miscoding in one or more procurement systems or opportunistic re-tagging of health-services opportunities to a medical procedure code that does not describe the actual work being bought.

The source shows no recent state and local procurement activity for the procedure itself. The issuing bodies tagged against the code include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and County of Santa Clara Health System — a mix of municipal, county, state, and local health system entities — but their posted needs concern administrative health services, benefits management, and staffing, not surgical intervention. Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, and Texas, but these appear incidental to the code miscoding rather than evidence of meaningful procurement volume in the commodity itself. State and local procurement professionals evaluating this code should verify the intended classification before allocating pursuit resources; the code's nominal scope does not reflect what is actually being solicited.