UNSPSC 85641961: Extraction of left upper arm subcutaneous tissue and fascia, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extraction of left upper arm subcutaneous tissue and fascia, 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 0JDF0ZZ

UNSPSC 85641961 Extraction of left upper arm subcutaneous tissue and fascia, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the five most recent opportunities posted under it — spanning Georgia, Florida, and California — solicit comprehensive inmate healthcare management, pharmacy benefit administration, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support programs for mental health workers, and fire department medical director services. None of these solicitations involve extraction of upper arm tissue or any related surgical procedure.

The mismatch between the code's stated scope and actual procurement usage suggests either miscoding by issuing bodies or fundamental misalignment between this UNSPSC category and state and local government contracting practice. Muscogee County (Georgia) Consolidated Government, Collier County (Florida) Board of Commissioners, Monroe County (Florida) Board of Commissioners, San Mateo County (California) Health Department, and Santa Monica (California) Fire Department all tagged healthcare-related services under this code, but none of the work being bought falls within surgical or extractive medicine. Business development professionals should treat this code as dormant for practical state and local procurement purposes and verify proper coding before pursuing opportunities nominally tagged to it.