UNSPSC 85482619: Excision of median nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision 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 01B50ZZ

UNSPSC 85482619 Excision of median nerve, open approach (Commodity) shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code involve healthcare administration, pharmacy benefit management, virtual care services, peer support programs, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve surgical nerve excision. The mismatch suggests either a classification error in the source data or the code's misapplication to health services contracting that falls outside its surgical scope.

Recent opportunities in the dataset span Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management and Monroe County virtual primary care), Georgia (Muscogee County inmate medical and pharmacy services), California (San Mateo County peer support pilot), and California (Santa Monica Fire Department medical director), with issuing bodies including county procurement offices, county health departments, and municipal fire departments. The activities actually being solicited — prison healthcare administration, PBM services covering 2,400–4,800 members with $8.7 million annual spend, 24/7 virtual care platforms, peer support services funded at $580,000, and fire department medical oversight — represent operational health service delivery and administration rather than surgical procedures. No recent opportunity appears to solicit surgical intervention or procedure-specific medical services aligned with the code's stated content. The code as currently tagged does not meaningfully describe the work state and local buyers are conducting under it.