UNSPSC 85482306: Drainage of thoracic nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of thoracic 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 01980ZZ

UNSPSC 85482306 Drainage of thoracic nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a surgical procedure, yet the available recent opportunities solicited under this code address healthcare services administration — inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support for peer workers, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve thoracic nerve drainage or surgical intervention. The mismatch suggests either a cataloging error in how these opportunities were tagged or that the code is being applied to a healthcare service category rather than the surgical procedure the code nominally describes.

The recent opportunities do not support a coherent or decision-relevant characterization of work being bought under this code. Columbus Consolidated Government's Finance Department is procuring inmate medical and pharmacy services for Muscogee County Prison (RFP due May 15, 2026), Collier County Board of County Commissioners is seeking pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 7,200 members (RFP due April 9, 2026), Monroe County issued an RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services (due April 16, 2026), San Mateo County Health is seeking peer support services for peer workers (due July 2, 2025), and Santa Monica Fire Department is recruiting a medical director (RFP posted September 25, 2025). These are dispersed across Florida, Georgia, California, and scattered issuing bodies—counties, cities, and special-purpose health districts—with no repeat buyers and no unifying procurement thread. The code shows little relevant recent activity; vendors evaluating this code should verify whether their service lines actually fall within the correct UNSPSC classification.