UNSPSC 85482017: Reposition sacral plexus, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition sacral plexus, 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 01SQ3ZZ

UNSPSC 85482017 Reposition sacral plexus, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that bears no meaningful relationship to the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure — a minimally invasive neurosurgical intervention — yet the six recent opportunities posted under this code solicit medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational health surveillance, surgical carve-out benefit programs, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. None of these solicitations involve sacral plexus repositioning or any neurosurgical procedure. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the state and local procurement databases or a data quality issue in the UNSPSC classification applied by posting agencies.

The actual work tagged under this code spans occupational medicine (Washington State Ferries occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry locations), disability pension medical evaluation (City of Phoenix Fire and Police Pension Boards), government employee health benefits management (City of Long Beach surgical carve-out programs, Collier County pharmacy benefit management covering 2,400 employees and 4,800 dependents), and staffing for health systems (Santa Clara County Health System temporary ancillary clinical staffing). The issuing bodies include state transportation departments, county human resources and health procurement offices, city retirement boards, and county health systems across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. No clear thread connects these opportunities to the code's nominal scope. Bidders should verify independently with issuing agencies whether this code reflects their actual procurement intent, as the tagging appears unreliable for forecasting relevant opportunities in sacral plexus surgery or related neurosurgical work.