UNSPSC 85481707: Destruction of lumbar sympathetic nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of lumbar sympathetic 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 015N0ZZ

UNSPSC 85481707 Destruction of lumbar sympathetic nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities posted under this code involve occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation coordination, pharmacy benefit management, health insurance surgery networks, temporary clinical staffing, and emergency youth detention healthcare services—none of which involve nerve destruction or operative orthopedic intervention. This mismatch suggests either a data-quality issue in how opportunities were tagged or a misclassification that obscures actual buying activity under the code.

State and local procurement bodies posting under this code include city retirement offices, county human resources departments, county health systems, state transportation agencies, and county juvenile justice authorities, spanning Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Phoenix Fire Pension Board and Phoenix Police Pension Board) issuing an RFP for independent medical evaluation services with a maximum five-year contract value of $750,000 and proposals due October 16, 2026; the Washington State Department of Transportation (Washington State Ferries) issuing an RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry locations with a pre-bid conference scheduled August 31, 2026 and proposals due October 9, 2026; the City of Long Beach issuing an RFP for surgical benefit and Centers of Excellence carve-out services within its Anthem PPO plan with proposals due October 7, 2026; and the County of Santa Clara Health System establishing a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories with proposals due October 7, 2026. The code shows recent activity but lacks genuine relevance to its stated commodity definition.