UNSPSC 85631450: Inspection of finger nail, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to inspection of finger nail, external 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 0HJQXZZ

UNSPSC 85631450 Inspection of finger nail, external approach is a Commodity code that encompasses occupational health medical surveillance, disability benefit medical evaluations, and specialty medical and surgical care assessment services procured by state and local health systems, pension boards, and government agencies. The code's nominal scope—fingernail inspection—bears minimal relationship to the actual work state and local governments are soliciting under this code. Recent opportunities reflect broad medical examination, evaluation, and record-summarization services rather than dermatological assessment: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office seeks comprehensive disability medical record summaries and coordination of independent medical and psychiatric examinations for public safety pension applicants; the Washington State Department of Transportation requests occupational medical surveillance with baseline, periodic, and exit examinations across ferry system locations; and the County of Santa Clara Health System qualifies vendors for temporary staffing in ancillary clinical categories including diagnostic imaging, cardiology, orthopedic, and surgical services. These solicitations reveal a significant alignment mismatch between the nominal code definition and procurement reality, suggesting the code is applied inconsistently or as a catch-all for medical evaluation services outside traditional clinical coding schemes.

Recent activity spans Arizona, Washington, and California. The City of Phoenix RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) seeks a contractor to manage approximately 75 annual disability benefit medical evaluations over a five-year term with a maximum compensation of $750,000; examining physicians must be M.D. or D.O. licensed in Arizona with at least five years' disability evaluation experience. The Washington State Department of Transportation RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026, pre-bid conference August 31, 2026) seeks occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations with a two-year base term and up to five one-year extensions; all examinations must be performed by or supervised by a board-certified occupational medicine physician, with scoring weighted 40 percent cost and 60 percent capability. The County of Santa Clara Health System RFQ (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) qualifies vendors for temporary ancillary clinical staffing on a non-exclusive, multiple-award basis with no guaranteed volume over a five-year maintenance period. The code also captured Harris County Juvenile Probation Department's August 2026 RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, though that opportunity provides minimal scope detail. The mismatch between code name and actual procurement suggests that state and local buyers are either misclassifying these opportunities or using the code as a default for medical evaluation services not cleanly mapped to dermatology or occupational medicine codes.