UNSPSC 85482425: Release thoracic sympathetic nerve, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release thoracic sympathetic 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 01NL3ZZ

UNSPSC 85482425 Release thoracic sympathetic nerve, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the scope of work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged with this code span healthcare administration, pharmacy benefit management, virtual care delivery, peer support services, and fire department medical direction—none of which involve thoracic nerve release procedures. The mismatch between the code's clinical description and the broad range of healthcare management and delivery services being purchased suggests either systematic miscoding at the issuing jurisdictions or a database artifact. State and local procurement bodies soliciting healthcare services appear to be using this code imprecisely, and vendors monitoring it for relevant opportunities should exercise caution.

The most recent tagged opportunities include Muscogee County Prison's RFP for comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members with approximately $8.7 million in annual historical spending (due April 9, 2026), Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026), San Mateo County's MHSA innovation pilot for peer support services to peer workers ($580,000 total funding, due July 2, 2025), and Santa Monica Fire Department's RFP for an EMS medical director (due October 16, 2025). These opportunities originate from Florida, Georgia, and California county and municipal procurement offices. The wide divergence between the code's stated scope and the actual work being purchased indicates that relying on this code for business development targeting would yield false positives; vendors should verify code assignments through direct solicitation review rather than assuming the taxonomy accurately reflects healthcare opportunity categories.