UNSPSC 85481301: Destruction of femoral nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of femoral nerve, open 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 015D0ZZ

UNSPSC 85481301 Destruction of femoral nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that exhibits a fundamental mismatch between its nominal medical procedure scope and the state and local contracting activity now being solicited under it. Recent opportunities posted against this code do not involve surgical nerve destruction or open surgical procedures at all. Instead, they span occupational medical surveillance programs, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs for Centers of Excellence networks, pharmacy benefit management administration, temporary health professional staffing, emergency and specialty care for youth in custody, and related healthcare administration and contracting services. The issuing bodies are diverse — state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county governments (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), city pension boards and retirement offices (City of Phoenix), and municipal health systems (City of Long Beach). None of the recent solicitations target orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, or any direct surgical procedure delivery.

The geographic footprint spans Washington State (occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers across 14 locations), Arizona (disability medical evaluations through Phoenix pension boards), California (surgical benefit management for Long Beach and temporary staffing pool for Santa Clara County), Florida (pharmacy benefit management for Collier County), and Texas (specialty medical services for Harris County). The code shows no cohesion around a single service line or geographic concentration. Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services with proposals due October 9, 2026 (IFB with cost-based scoring); the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for disability medical record summary and independent medical evaluation services with proposals due October 16, 2026 ($750,000 maximum over five years); and the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical Centers of Excellence carve-out benefits with proposals due October 7, 2026 and contract anticipated to begin April 1, 2027. The code assignment appears to be either a data entry error or an indexing artifact; business development professionals should verify whether this code genuinely represents their target service line before pursuing opportunities tagged under it.