UNSPSC 85642431: Division of left upper leg subcutaneous tissue and fascia, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to division of left upper leg 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 0J8M3ZZ

UNSPSC 85642431 Division of left upper leg subcutaneous tissue and fascia, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows material misalignment between its clinical taxonomy label and the state and local procurement activity currently tagged to it. The recent opportunities do not involve surgical procedures on the left upper leg or any orthopedic tissue division; instead, they reflect occupational health services, pension disability medical evaluations, health plan benefit management, pharmacy services, and temporary clinical staffing — none of which align with the code's surgical specificity. State and local procurement systems occasionally tag opportunities with UNSPSC codes that do not match the work being solicited, and this code appears to be a clear instance of that mismatch. The opportunities posted under this code over the past three months span diverse issuing bodies including municipal retirement offices, county commissioners, state transportation departments, county health systems, and county juvenile probation departments, but none involve the surgical procedure the code nominally describes.

The geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with representative recent opportunities including the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's solicitation for temporary health professional staffing (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). Given the absence of any recent procurement activity that actually involves the surgical tissue division the code describes, this code appears inactive for state and local buyers pursuing the nominated service line and warrants close scrutiny before proposal development to confirm the correct UNSPSC classification.