UNSPSC 85642413: Drainage of left hand subcutaneous tissue and fascia, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left hand subcutaneous tissue and fascia, percutaneous 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 0J9K3ZZ

UNSPSC 85642413 Drainage of left hand subcutaneous tissue and fascia, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code's clinical specificity—a surgical drainage procedure performed on left-hand soft tissue—does not align with any of the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code. The most recent opportunities tagged to 85642413 solicitate independent medical evaluation services, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, surgical benefit carve-out programs, emergency and specialty medical services for youth in detention, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these scopes involve the drainage procedure the code nominally describes, indicating either miscategorization of opportunities by issuing bodies or a fundamental mismatch between the code's intended use and how it is being applied in practice.

The issuing bodies pursuing procurement under this code span county and municipal health systems as well as state departments: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the Washington State Department of Transportation (on behalf of Washington State Ferries), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System. Recent opportunities are concentrated in California, Arizona, Washington State, Texas, and Florida, with no clear geographic concentration. The absence of solicitations that actually seek drainage of subcutaneous tissue procedures suggests that this code is not a reliable vehicle for business development in state and local surgical or procedural procurement. Prospective vendors should verify code assignments directly with issuing bodies before pursuing opportunities tagged to this commodity.