UNSPSC 85481957: Extirpation of matter from lumbar sympathetic nerve, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from lumbar sympathetic 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 01CN3ZZ

UNSPSC 85481957 Extirpation of matter from lumbar sympathetic nerve, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local solicitations, bears no meaningful relationship to the work actually being procured under it. The code's nominal scope describes a surgical procedure; the recent opportunities tagged to it span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for disability retirement determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention emergency medical services. These solicitations reflect general public-sector health plan administration, occupational health compliance, and clinical staffing — none of which involve extirpation of lumbar sympathetic nerve matter or any related interventional procedure. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding at the source or use of this code as a catch-all for unrelated healthcare services procurement.

The geographic and issuing-body spread across the recent opportunities is broad: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), the Washington State Department of Transportation (Washington), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California). No state or local jurisdiction appears more than once, and no coherent pattern of purchasing activity under this code emerges. Given the absence of relevant recent opportunities — opportunities that actually involve lumbar sympathetic nerve procedures — the code shows no viable procurement signal for vendors in interventional spine or pain management specialties. Procurement professionals should treat this code as inactive for state and local contracting purposes and verify the correct UNSPSC classification if pursuing opportunities in the healthcare services categories visible in these solicitations.