UNSPSC 85472553: Transfer vagus nerve to glossopharyngeal nerve, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to transfer vagus nerve to 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 00XQ4ZP

UNSPSC 85472553 Transfer vagus nerve to glossopharyngeal nerve, percutaneous endoscopic approach shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal clinical procedure scope. The code's mismatch with actual state and local buying patterns is stark. Recent opportunities tagged under this Commodity code span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations (Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-out networks (Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Ferries), emergency and specialty care for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (Santa Clara County). None of these solicitations involve vagus-to-glossopharyngeal nerve transfer procedures or any comparable neurosurgical intervention. State and local procurement offices appear to be using this code as a catch-all for medical services unrelated to its specific procedural definition, or the code has been misapplied across a series of recent awards.

The geographic spread of these opportunities spans Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. The issuing bodies include county commissioners, county health systems, state transportation departments, city retirement offices, and juvenile probation departments—a broad cross-section of state and local healthcare and employee-benefit administering bodies. The most recent concrete solicitation tied to this code is the Washington State Department of Transportation's August 25, 2026 RFP for occupational medical surveillance services (responses due October 9, 2026), which requires examinations by a physician board-certified in occupational medicine across fourteen ferry terminals. Given the consistent mismatch between the code's procedural definition and the healthcare administration and staffing services being solicited, this code does not represent actionable procurement opportunity in its stated form.