UNSPSC 85472122: Extirpation of matter from vagus nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from vagus 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 00CQ0ZZ

UNSPSC 85472122 Extirpation of matter from vagus nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's medical nomenclature—describing a surgical procedure to remove material from the vagus nerve via open surgical approach—does not match the scope of work actually appearing in recent opportunities posted under this code. State and local governments are not soliciting for vagus nerve surgeries or related surgical procedures; instead, the opportunities tagged to this code involve occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, surgical procedure carve-out networks for Centers of Excellence, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. The mismatch between the code's procedural scope and the actual procurement activity suggests either coding error in the source records or fundamental misalignment between UNSPSC taxonomy assignment and the buying agencies' categorization practices.

Recent opportunities appear across three states: Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation's ferry system conducting occupational medical surveillance), Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office procuring disability medical evaluations for public safety pension boards), and California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara Health System). The single opportunity in Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management) and Texas (Harris County juvenile detention medical services) round out the geographic spread, but the primary activity concentrates in the Pacific and Southwest regions. With no repeating issuing body across opportunities and no clear procurement pattern aligned to the code's surgical descriptor, this code presents minimal visibility into genuine state and local demand for the service it nominally describes. Practitioners should verify coding accuracy against RFP and RFQ full text before committing resources to pursuit under this code.