UNSPSC 85481711: Division of lumbar plexus, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to division of lumbar plexus, 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 01890ZZ

UNSPSC 85481711 Division of lumbar plexus, open approach is a Commodity code that represents a specific surgical procedure classification, yet the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code bear no meaningful relationship to orthopedic or surgical services. Instead, the opportunities reflect procurement of occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing, and surgical care networks — none of which involve division of the lumbar plexus or open surgical approaches. The mismatch indicates either miscoding of solicitations by issuing bodies or systematic misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how state and local procurement offices tag medical and health services contracts. State and local governments do solicit medical services broadly — from occupational medicine and disability evaluations to specialty surgical networks and clinical staffing — but not under this specific surgical-procedure code as currently indexed.

The issuing bodies across the recent postings include county pension boards (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), municipal employee health programs (City of Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile justice systems (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), county general services (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and county health systems (County of Santa Clara Health System), reflecting the diversity of public-sector healthcare procurement. Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations (due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across ferry system locations (due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara's non-exclusive qualified-vendor pool solicitation for temporary health professional staffing (due October 7, 2026). Given the code's surgical specificity and the absence of related orthopedic or neurosurgical opportunities in the recent dataset, vendors in surgical services or lumbar plexus procedures should not rely on this code as a targeting vector for state and local work.