UNSPSC 85482424: Release thoracic nerve, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release thoracic 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 01N83ZZ

UNSPSC 85482424 Release thoracic nerve, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure involving nerve release via percutaneous technique—does not match the work actually being solicited under this code in the recent opportunities block. Instead, the tagged solicitations encompass occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, surgical procedure carve-outs and Centers of Excellence networks, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical services for youth in custody. None of these activities involve thoracic nerve release procedures. The mismatch suggests either a tagging error in the source data or a systematic misclassification that renders the code unreliable for targeting procurement opportunities in this service area.

The code shows no recent activity from state and local jurisdictions that are actually procuring thoracic nerve release procedures or related surgical services. Buyers across Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington State (Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County) appear in the opportunities block, but their stated needs—medical evaluations, staffing, pharmacy management, and surgical networks—do not correspond to the procedure this code describes. A business development professional evaluating whether to pursue work under UNSPSC 85482424 should treat this code as inactive for state and local procurement purposes and verify the actual UNSPSC classification before investing time in market development.