UNSPSC 85472116: Drainage of hypoglossal nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of hypoglossal nerve, 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 009S0ZZ

UNSPSC 85472116 Drainage of hypoglossal nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The six recent opportunities posted under or tagged with this code — independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations (Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-outs (Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Ferries), emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (Santa Clara County Health System) — are substantively unrelated to the neurological surgical procedure named in the code. None of the solicitations solicit drainage procedures, neurosurgical services, or inpatient operating-room surgical cases. The mismatch suggests either misclassification by the issuing bodies or use of the code as a catchall placeholder for healthcare-adjacent services.

State and local procurement under this code does not appear to reflect the surgical specialty the code nominally describes. Buyers targeting neurosurgical supplies, operating-room staffing, or surgical procedure contracting should search alternative UNSPSC families within the medical devices, clinical staffing, or hospital services segments rather than rely on activity under this code.