UNSPSC 85652836: Drainage of left lower leg muscle with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left lower leg muscle with drainage device, 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 0K9T00Z

UNSPSC 85652836 Drainage of left lower leg muscle with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with state and local government procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code do not involve drainage procedures or lower leg orthopedic surgery. Instead, the opportunities span occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, independent medical evaluations for public safety pension determinations, surgical carve-out benefits for government employee health plans, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty medical services for detained youth, and emergency hospital services. None of these procurements involve the drainage procedure the code describes, signaling a systematic mismatch between the code's scope and the work actually being bought.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county governments (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), and special-purpose districts (Washington State Ferries). Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP due October 9, 2026 (covering baseline and periodic examinations for shipyard workers and ferry crew across 14 Washington locations), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP due October 16, 2026 (75 annual disability benefit assessments for fire and police pension applicants, $750,000 over five years), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing RFP due October 7, 2026 (establishing a qualified vendor pool across 13 ancillary clinical categories without guaranteed volume). Activity spans Washington, Arizona, California, and Florida. The code's use appears to reflect data-entry error or system miscoding rather than meaningful procurement taxonomy alignment, making it unsuitable for business development prioritization within the code's stated scope.