UNSPSC 85482416: Drainage of thoracic sympathetic nerve with drainage device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of thoracic sympathetic nerve with drainage device, 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 019L30Z

UNSPSC 85482416 Drainage of thoracic sympathetic nerve with drainage device, percutaneous approach (Commodity) shows a significant mismatch between its clinical coding scope and actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not involve thoracic sympathetic nerve drainage procedures or related surgical devices; instead, they span occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, disability medical evaluations, and surgical benefit carve-out programs for government employee health plans. The code appears to have been applied to these health services and benefits opportunities in error, and no state or local solicitations reflecting the code's nominal surgical scope have posted recently.

Recent activity under this code tag comes from the City of Phoenix (independent medical evaluation services for disability retirement determinations), the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers), the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories), the City of Long Beach (surgical benefit carve-out networks for employee PPO plans), Collier County (pharmacy benefit management), and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth). These opportunities represent health benefits administration, occupational medicine compliance, and temporary clinical staffing — none involve drainage procedures or surgical device procurement. Geographic spread includes California (Long Beach, Santa Clara), Washington, Arizona (Phoenix), Florida (Collier), and Texas (Harris County). No corrected or supplemental UNSPSC coding has been identified in the source material.