UNSPSC 85482302: Destruction of thoracic sympathetic nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of thoracic sympathetic nerve, open 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 015L0ZZ

UNSPSC 85482302 Destruction of thoracic sympathetic nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local procurement activity tagged with this code does not align with that clinical definition. The opportunities posted under this code involve independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations, occupational health surveillance, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody — none of which involve thoracic sympathetic nerve destruction. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the posting systems or upstream data quality issues in how opportunities are being classified.

The issuing bodies across recent opportunities include a city pension board (City of Phoenix), a major municipal government (City of Long Beach), a state transportation agency (Washington State Department of Transportation), a county juvenile probation department (Harris County), a county government benefits consortium (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and a county health system (County of Santa Clara). Activity is concentrated in California, Arizona, Washington, Florida, and Texas. Representative solicitations include the City of Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years), Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry terminals (due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara's non-exclusive qualification pool for temporary health professional staffing (due October 7, 2026). Given the absence of any actual thoracic surgery procurement in the recent record, this code shows no relevant decision-making signal for firms pursuing surgical services or nerve-destruction procedures under state and local contracts.