UNSPSC 85472402: Destruction of vagus nerve, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of vagus nerve, percutaneous endoscopic 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 005Q4ZZ

UNSPSC 85472402 Destruction of vagus nerve, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows no recent alignment with state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure—vagal nerve ablation via endoscopic technique—but the recent opportunities posted under this code reflect administrative, occupational health, and insurance benefit management services that bear no relationship to surgical intervention. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office solicited independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations; the City of Long Beach and Washington State Department of Transportation pursued occupational and enrollment-based medical surveillance; Harris County sought specialty medical services for youth detention; Collier County requested pharmacy benefit management; and Santa Clara Health System sought temporary ancillary clinical staffing. None of these acquisitions involve procedure-specific surgical services or endoscopic approaches to nerve destruction.

The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being procured suggests that either this code has been misapplied by the issuing jurisdictions or the recent opportunities dataset does not reflect genuine purchasing activity under 85472402. State and local procurement officers do not routinely solicit surgical procedures at the commodity level; such services are typically acquired through health system supply chain channels, specialty surgical vendors, or bundled medical benefits arrangements rather than through individual RFPs or RFQs. Until the source demonstrates opportunities that clearly involve vagal nerve ablation or related neurosurgical services, treating this code as an active procurement category for business development purposes is not warranted.