UNSPSC 85482639: Reposition median nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition 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 01S50ZZ

UNSPSC 85482639 Reposition median nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under this code show little alignment with orthopedic or neurosurgical work. Instead, the opportunities posted under this code span healthcare administration, pharmacy benefit management, virtual care delivery, peer mental health support, and fire department medical direction — none of which directly involve median nerve repositioning or open surgical approaches. The code does not appear to capture what state and local governments are actually procuring in these domains. The mismatch between the code's surgical specificity and the breadth of healthcare administrative and service-delivery work appearing in recent solicitations suggests either systematic miscoding at the source or a data integrity issue in how opportunities are being tagged to UNSPSC categories.

The recent opportunities include a Georgia county's RFP for comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services (Columbus Consolidated Government's Finance Department Purchasing Division, due May 15, 2026), a Florida county's RFP for pharmacy benefit management covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members (Collier County Board of County Commissioners, due April 9, 2026), a Florida county's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for approximately 2,300 county members (Monroe County Board of County Commissioners, due April 16, 2026), a California county's RFP for peer support services for mental health peer workers (San Mateo County Health, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, $580,000 total funding, due July 2, 2025), and a California city's RFP for a fire department medical director (Santa Monica Fire Department, due October 16, 2025). Because the code's nominal scope does not correspond to the work being solicited, this code should not be used as a reliable indicator of state and local procurement activity in surgical services or median nerve procedures.