UNSPSC 85472121: Extirpation of matter from glossopharyngeal nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from glossopharyngeal 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 00CP0ZZ

UNSPSC 85472121 Extirpation of matter from glossopharyngeal nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its clinical procedural scope. The recent opportunities tagged to this code—independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for public employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance, specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—bear no connection to glossopharyngeal nerve surgery or neurosurgical intervention. The mismatch suggests either miscoding at the point of solicitation entry or use of the code as a catch-all placeholder for health services procurement that falls outside the taxonomy's clinical procedure categories.

The opportunities do reflect demand across state and local health administration, employee benefits, and public health agency sectors. Issuing bodies include city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), municipal human resources departments (City of Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara County Health System, Collier County), and county juvenile justice departments (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department). Geographically, recent activity appears in Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. However, because these solicitations do not reflect procurement activity under the code's actual scope—neurosurgical procedures—the code itself does not present meaningful business development opportunity for firms pursuing state and local surgery, orthopedic, neurosurgery, or procedure-specific revenue.