UNSPSC 85481953: Extirpation of matter from lumbar nerve, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from lumbar nerve, percutaneous 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 01CB3ZZ

UNSPSC 85481953 Extirpation of matter from lumbar nerve, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the six recent opportunities posted under it—including independent medical evaluation services for public safety pension boards, Centers of Excellence surgical carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—represent healthcare administration, staffing, and benefit management services bearing no clinical relationship to lumbar nerve procedures. This mismatch suggests either miscoding of opportunities in the source system or that the code has been repurposed to capture a broader healthcare administration family rather than discrete surgical procedures.

Given the disconnect between the code's clinical descriptor and the services actually being solicited, pursuing opportunities under this code would require treating the opportunities individually by their service type rather than by code alignment. Recent activity spans Arizona (Phoenix Retirement Office's medical evaluation RFP due October 16, 2026 with $750,000 maximum compensation over five years), California (City of Long Beach surgical carve-out RFP due October 7, 2026; Santa Clara Health System temporary staffing pool RFP due October 7, 2026), Washington (Department of Transportation occupational surveillance RFP due October 9, 2026), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation RFI due September 25, 2026), and Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management RFP with April 9, 2026 deadline and approximately $8.7 million annual historical spend). Issuers include city retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation departments, and county juvenile justice agencies. Absent a clear operational definition for the code, state and local procurement professionals should monitor opportunities by service type and issuing jurisdiction rather than rely on this code as a reliable category filter.