UNSPSC 85472120: Excision of hypoglossal nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision 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 00BS0ZZ

UNSPSC 85472120 Excision of hypoglossal nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that maps poorly to the recent state and local contract opportunities in the available record. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the recent solicitations posted under this code in state and local procurement systems do not involve surgical services or hypoglossal nerve procedures; instead, they span healthcare administration, pharmacy benefit management, virtual care platforms, peer support services, and emergency medical direction—none of which align with the surgical scope the code name suggests. This mismatch indicates either a systematic tagging error in the underlying procurement database or that the code has been repurposed for non-surgical healthcare contracting in state and local contexts, making the code a weak or unreliable signal for surgical services procurement.

The opportunities posted under this code reflect issuing bodies across county health and human services departments, county corrections systems, county fire departments, and county behavioral health agencies in Florida, Georgia, and California. The four most recent solicitations include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP for inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management covering 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members with approximately $8.7 million in annual historical spending (due April 9, 2026), Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026), and San Mateo County's RFP for peer support services for peer workers under a Mental Health Services Act innovation pilot (due July 2, 2025). Given the consistent mismatch between the code's nominal surgical scope and the healthcare administration and managed care work actually being solicited, firms pursuing contracts under this code should verify current procurement department coding practices with issuing bodies directly rather than rely on the code classification as a reliable filtering mechanism.