UNSPSC 85481970: Extraction of sacral nerve, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extraction of sacral 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 01DR3ZZ

UNSPSC 85481970 Extraction of sacral nerve, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The five recent opportunities tagged under this code — inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison, pharmacy benefit management for a county employee health plan, virtual primary and urgent care for county members, peer support services for mental health workers, and a fire department medical director contract — involve healthcare administration, employee benefits management, and clinical oversight, none of which involve sacral nerve extraction procedures or any neurosurgical interventions. The code's nominal scope (a specific surgical procedure) does not match the work actually being solicited by state and local governments under this tag.

State and local procurement offices appear to be using this code as a catch-all or default classification for healthcare-related services rather than for the orthopedic or neurological surgical procedures the code nominally describes. Businesses pursuing state and local contracts under this code should verify independently whether their actual service lines align with what is genuinely being bought, as the tagging mismatch suggests either data-quality issues in the state or local procurement systems or a fundamental misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how individual jurisdictions are classifying healthcare contracts.