UNSPSC 85472304: Destruction of hypoglossal nerve, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of hypoglossal nerve, percutaneous 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 005S3ZZ

UNSPSC 85472304 Destruction of hypoglossal nerve, percutaneous approach (Commodity) shows minimal relevance to state and local procurement activity in the recent opportunities record. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for public safety pension systems, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out networks for municipal employees, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth. These solicitations concern health plan administration, medical examination contracting, clinical staffing, and occupational health programs—none of which align with the hypoglossal nerve destruction procedure the code names.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, Santa Clara County), Florida (Collier County), Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation), and Texas (Harris County). The issuing bodies are mixed across municipal human resources and retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation departments, and county probation departments. The mismatch between the code's clinical-procedure title and the scope of work actually being solicited suggests either miscoding at the source, a taxonomy alignment issue, or that the code is not the appropriate classification for the health services contracts posted under it. Practitioners should verify the correct UNSPSC family or class codes for municipal health plan administration, occupational medical surveillance, pension-related medical evaluations, and temporary clinical staffing before pursuing opportunities in these categories.