UNSPSC 85482645: Transfer ulnar nerve to median nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to transfer ulnar nerve to 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 01X40Z5

UNSPSC 85482645 Transfer ulnar nerve to median nerve, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific surgical nerve-transfer procedure. Recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code show no alignment with the surgical procedure the code names. The Columbus Consolidated Government's Finance Department Purchasing Division solicited comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services for Muscogee County Prison via RFP No. 26-0008 (due May 15, 2026), Collier County Board of County Commissioners Procurement Services Division solicited Pharmacy Benefit Management Services via RFP 25-8414 (posted April 9, 2026), Monroe County Board of County Commissioners solicited Virtual Primary and Urgent Care Services via RFP 628 (due April 16, 2026), San Mateo County Health solicited peer support services for peer workers via RFP No. 2025-007 (due July 2, 2025), and Santa Monica Fire Department solicited a Fire Department Medical Director via RFP 455 (posted February 25, 2025). None of these opportunities involve surgical services, nerve transfers, or orthopedic procedures of any kind.

The code exhibits a clear mismatch between its nominal taxonomy and the actual procurement activity tagged under it in state and local systems. The recent opportunities reflect healthcare administration, behavioral health services, emergency medical services direction, and facility-based clinical operations—none of which correspond to the surgical procedure the code describes. This suggests either a systematic miscoding issue in the state and local procurement database or the code's use as a catch-all taxonomy placeholder for health services without regard to specificity. For vendors pursuing work under this code, the mismatch signals unreliable tagging; vendors should focus on healthcare services procurement notices in primary-care, EMS, pharmacy, and correctional-health channels rather than relying on this code for targeted opportunity identification.