UNSPSC 85472417: Excision of glossopharyngeal nerve, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision 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 00BP4ZZ

UNSPSC 85472417 Excision of glossopharyngeal nerve, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under its nominal medical-procedure scope. The recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code do not match the specific surgical procedure named — instead, they solicit independent medical evaluation services, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, surgical benefit carve-out networks, emergency youth detention healthcare, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these procurements involve glossopharyngeal nerve excision or align with the code's stated procedure taxonomy.

The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the actual work being solicited suggests either a tagging error in the underlying data or that this code does not reflect how state and local procurement offices classify healthcare service and staffing opportunities. The issuing bodies span diverse jurisdictions — municipal retirement boards (City of Phoenix), county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris County, Collier County), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), and city employee-benefits programs (City of Long Beach) — but none appear to be purchasing the named procedure itself. Until the code is correctly applied to opportunities that actually involve glossopharyngeal nerve excision, activity under this taxonomy will remain unclear for business development purposes.