UNSPSC 85482007: Repair lumbar sympathetic nerve, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair 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 01QN3ZZ

UNSPSC 85482007 Repair lumbar sympathetic nerve, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. Recent opportunities posted under this code involve independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, occupational health surveillance for ferry workers, surgical procedure carve-out networks, pharmacy benefit management, emergency medical services for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve repair of lumbar sympathetic nerves or percutaneous procedures. The code appears to be a clinical procedure taxonomy entry that state and local procurement systems have misapplied to general healthcare services contracting.

The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the breadth of healthcare administration and staffing work actually being solicited suggests that UNSPSC 85482007 is not a reliable indicator of state and local procurement opportunity. Recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office requesting independent medical evaluation services (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation requesting occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry locations (RFP RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System establishing a qualified vendor pool for temporary ancillary health professional staffing (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). No recent procurement under this code involves surgical intervention, nerve procedures, or percutaneous approaches. Unless your firm has a specific capability in clinical procedure coding system maintenance or healthcare taxonomy consulting, this code warrants close review before pursuit — the posted opportunities suggest systematic miscoding rather than genuine demand for the service the code nominally describes.