UNSPSC 85472328: Extraction of hypoglossal nerve, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extraction 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 00DS3ZZ

UNSPSC 85472328 Extraction of hypoglossal nerve, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows a significant mismatch between its nominal scope and actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure performed on the hypoglossal nerve; however, recent state and local opportunities do not solicit procurement of this procedure itself. Instead, the opportunities tagged under this code involve medical evaluation services, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, health professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs—work that is administrative, clinical staffing, or healthcare program management rather than the specific surgical extraction procedure the code name implies.

The recent opportunities reflect activity by county health systems, municipal retirement boards, state transportation agencies, and county health benefit administrators across Arizona, California, Washington, and Texas, with no concentration in any single jurisdiction or state. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) for disability benefit determinations; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026 with pre-bid August 31); the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award RFQ for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026); and Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management covering approximately 2,400 employees. The code appears to be applied as a catch-all tag for general healthcare services procurement rather than used for its stated surgical procedure purpose, signaling either a data quality issue in the underlying taxonomy application or substantial drift in how this Commodity code is being deployed in practice.