UNSPSC 85481756: Extirpation of matter from peroneal nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from peroneal 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 01CH0ZZ

UNSPSC 85481756 Extirpation of matter from peroneal 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 on the peroneal nerve; however, the six recent state and local opportunities posted under this code encompass independent medical evaluation services for disability pension applications, surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance services, specialty medical services for youth in detention, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve peroneal nerve surgery or any surgical intervention on peripheral nerves. The mismatch between the code's stated scope and actual buying activity suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing procurement offices or a data classification error in the underlying opportunity records.

The recent opportunities span Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas, issued by a city retirement office (Phoenix), two cities (Long Beach), a state transportation department (Washington), a county juvenile probation department (Harris County), a county board of commissioners (Collier County), and a county health system (Santa Clara). No single issuing body appears more than once in the recent set, and no pattern of repeat buyers emerges. Given the absence of alignment between the UNSPSC code definition and the actual work being solicited, this code should not be pursued as a market segment without clarification from state and local procurement offices on their classification rationale.