UNSPSC 85481738: Drainage of sacral plexus, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of sacral 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 019Q0ZZ

UNSPSC 85481738 Drainage of sacral plexus, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure — open approach drainage of the sacral plexus — which is a clinical intervention within hospital or surgical settings. The five recent opportunities posted under this code do not involve surgical procedures or drainage services; instead, they span inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical director services. None of these solicitations involve the sacral plexus, open surgical approaches, or drainage procedures, indicating either a classification error in the source data or a fundamental mismatch between the UNSPSC taxonomy label and the work being procured.

The issuing bodies in the recent opportunities include county governments (Muscogee County in Georgia, Collier County in Florida, Monroe County in Florida, and Santa Mateo County in California), a city fire department (Santa Monica, California), and county health and behavioral health divisions. The geographic spread spans Florida, Georgia, and California. Because the code itself does not reflect the actual scope of these solicitations, this classification appears to be a data quality issue rather than a signal of active procurement under UNSPSC 85481738. State and local entities seeking surgical services would be classified under different UNSPSC codes aligned with healthcare delivery, not this specific procedural code.