UNSPSC 85482614: Drainage of median nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of median 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 01950ZZ

UNSPSC 85482614 Drainage of median nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a surgical procedure, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show little activity aligned with the code's clinical scope. The opportunities in the source record span occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for disability determinations, and surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans — none of which involves drainage of the median nerve or surgical intervention at that anatomical level. This mismatch suggests the code is either misapplied in recent procurement tagging or reflects a data-capture error rather than active state and local demand for this specific surgical service.

The six opportunities posted between July and September 2026 originate from diverse issuing bodies: Washington State Department of Transportation (WSF medical surveillance), City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical evaluations), City of Long Beach (surgical benefit administration), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (specialty medical services RFI), Collier County Board of Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and Santa Clara County Health System (temporary health professional staffing). Geographic activity spans Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. No recent opportunity in the source directly solicits drainage of median nerve procedures or related surgical services. Given the code's narrow clinical definition and the absence of aligned recent procurement activity, pursuit under this code should be minimal unless the source of opportunities can clarify why occupational health, benefits administration, and staffing services are being tagged to a specific orthopedic surgical procedure code.