UNSPSC 85653535: Drainage of right upper arm muscle, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right upper arm muscle, 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 0K973ZZ

UNSPSC 85653535 Drainage of right upper arm muscle, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under it. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the six most recent opportunities tagged to it—spanning Phoenix, Long Beach, Washington State, Harris County, Collier County, and Santa Clara County—solicit medical administration, evaluation, and staffing services that have no connection to orthopedic drainage procedures. These include independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-out administration, occupational medical surveillance, specialty healthcare for youth in custody, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the breadth and nature of the actual solicitations suggests either a systematic coding error in how these opportunities were tagged or a fundamental misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how these jurisdictions are classifying healthcare procurement.

Recent activity shows no relevant solicitations for the procedure the code describes. State and local governments do not appear to be procuring drainage of right upper arm muscle procedures or related clinical services under this code. Vendors evaluating whether to pursue opportunities under UNSPSC 85653535 should treat this code as currently inactive for state and local procurement purposes and verify the correct code assignment with issuing bodies before responding to opportunities.