UNSPSC 85472218: Transfer trigeminal nerve to vagus nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to transfer trigeminal nerve to 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 00XK0ZQ

UNSPSC 85472218 Transfer trigeminal nerve to vagus nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that appears to describe a highly specialized surgical procedure with minimal relevance to state and local government procurement. The recent opportunities posted under this code show no alignment with the code's nominal scope — the five most recent records document solicitations for inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management administration, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support programs for mental health workers, and fire department medical direction. None of these opportunities involve neurological surgery, trigeminal-to-vagus nerve transfer, or operative interventions of any kind. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the state and local procurement system or that this UNSPSC category does not reflect the actual work being bought.

State and local governments appear not to solicit surgical services under this code in any recent cycle. The opportunities tagged to it span county corrections healthcare, county employee pharmacy administration, county virtual care benefits, county behavioral health innovation pilots, and municipal fire department medical direction — all administrative, clinical management, or preventive care functions rather than surgical procedures. The issuing bodies include county boards of commissioners (Georgia, Florida), county health departments (Florida, California), and municipal fire departments (California), with geographic activity concentrated in Florida, Georgia, and California. Given the complete disconnect between the code's clinical descriptor and the actual procurement activity, this code should be considered inactive for business development purposes.