UNSPSC 85472125: Extraction of glossopharyngeal nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extraction of 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 00DP0ZZ

UNSPSC 85472125 Extraction of glossopharyngeal nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal relevance to actual state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure on the glossopharyngeal nerve performed via open surgical technique—does not align with the recent opportunities tagged under it. State and local governments do not solicit for individual surgical procedures as line items; instead, they procure medical services, staffing, health benefit administration, and occupational health surveillance through broader service contracts.

The recent opportunities posted under this code span independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, specialty and emergency medical services for youth in custody, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. These solicitations originate from city retirement offices, municipal health systems, state departments of transportation, county probation departments, county health consortia, and public health systems across Arizona, California, Washington, and Florida. The mismatch between the code's procedural-surgery definition and the actual work being bought—administrative medical services, benefit administration, occupational health programs, and staffing placement—suggests that the code assignment itself is erroneous or that the UNSPSC taxonomy does not map cleanly to the health services procurement landscape in state and local government. Firms pursuing health services opportunities in state and local procurement should verify code assignments independently against RFP scope language rather than relying on the UNSPSC designation alone.