UNSPSC 85482818: Excision of ulnar nerve, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of ulnar nerve, percutaneous endoscopic 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 01B44ZZ

UNSPSC 85482818 Excision of ulnar nerve, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not map to actual state and local procurement activity in the recent opportunities block. The code describes a specific surgical procedure (ulnar nerve excision via percutaneous endoscopic technique), but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it are buying medical administrative, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary clinical staffing services — none of which involve surgical procedures or nerve excision. The mismatch reflects a classification or tagging error at the source level rather than genuine procurement activity under this code's nominal scope.

The recent opportunities show that state and local issuing bodies are instead purchasing medical evaluation coordination, occupational surveillance, health benefits carve-outs, pharmacy administration, and temporary staffing placement — work that falls under health services administration and staffing codes rather than surgical procedure codes. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluations), Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance), City of Long Beach (surgery benefit networks), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (specialty medical services for detained youth), Collier County (pharmacy benefit management), and County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary clinical staffing) represent the issuing bodies in the block, spanning state departments, counties, cities, and health systems across Arizona, Washington, California, Texas, and Florida. No relevant procurement activity under UNSPSC 85482818 itself is present in the source material.