UNSPSC 85482915: Excision of phrenic nerve, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of phrenic 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 01B20ZZ

UNSPSC 85482915 Excision of phrenic nerve, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a surgical procedure, but recent state and local opportunities posted under this code do not reflect clinical surgical services. Instead, the code shows activity across occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluation, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-outs for public employee health plans. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement activity suggests either miscoding by issuing bodies or a data-classification drift that has decoupled the UNSPSC from the work actually being bought. The dominant pattern in recent solicitations is administrative and ancillary health services for public employees and retirees — medical record review, examination scheduling and coordination, occupational surveillance, and network steerage for elective procedures — rather than direct surgical intervention.

Activity spans multiple issuing bodies including municipal retirement offices (City of Phoenix), city health departments and procurement offices (City of Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile justice authorities (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), county human resources and benefits consortiums (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and county health systems (County of Santa Clara). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 maximum over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP for ferry system employees across 14 locations (due October 9, 2026, pre-bid scheduled August 31, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's multiple-award qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). Geographic activity centers on Arizona, Washington, California, and Florida. The recent-opportunity block does not support a characterization of issuing-body concentration or a prediction of future activity under this code.