UNSPSC 85472418: Excision of vagus nerve, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision 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 00BQ4ZZ

UNSPSC 85472418 "Excision of vagus nerve, percutaneous endoscopic approach" is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the six recent opportunities posted under this code span independent medical evaluation services for pension-board disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for state ferry workers, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve vagus nerve excision or relate to the procedural scope the code name suggests. The mismatch indicates the code has been misapplied in state and local sourcing systems or reflects a data-classification artifact rather than genuine procurement activity aligned with the code's nominal content.

The recent opportunities themselves span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems and human services (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Santa Clara County Health System), and municipal entities (City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach), with posting dates from July through September 2026 and response deadlines from September 25, 2026 through April 9, 2026 (the latter retroactively dated). Without evidence that state and local governments are actually procuring vagus nerve excision services under this code, pursuit should be deferred pending clarification of the code's proper application in the issuing jurisdictions' taxonomies.