UNSPSC 85472405: Division of glossopharyngeal nerve, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to division of glossopharyngeal 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 008P4ZZ

UNSPSC 85472405 Division of glossopharyngeal nerve, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that in practice does not map to state and local procurement activity. The source contains six recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code, but none involves glossopharyngeal nerve procedures or any surgical intervention. Instead, the opportunities cover occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-outs for employee health plans, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure—and the actual work being solicited indicates either systematic miscoding in the state and local procurement systems or an error in the code assignment. State and local governments issuing under this code are county health systems, county procurement offices on behalf of pension boards and human resources divisions, state transportation departments, and county juvenile probation departments. The buying pattern reflects employee health benefits administration, occupational health compliance, and inpatient/specialty care contracting rather than surgical procedure coding.

The recent activity spans Arizona, California, Washington State, Florida, and Texas. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office issued an RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) for independent medical evaluation services supporting disability pension determinations, with a five-year maximum compensation of $750,000. The Washington State Department of Transportation solicited occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), requiring board certification in occupational medicine and 24/7 technical support. The County of Santa Clara Health System established a multiple-award qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (proposals due October 7, 2026), with no guaranteed work volume. Collier County Board of County Commissioners issued an RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members with historical annual pharmacy spending of approximately $8.7 million (deadline April 9, 2026—now closed). The code shows no coherent procurement signal for meaningful business development targeting; vendors pursuing opportunities in occupational medicine, disability evaluation, health staffing, or benefits administration should monitor procurement channels under their service line rather than rely on this code assignment.