UNSPSC 85671504: Revision of synthetic substitute in lower bursa and ligament, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of synthetic substitute in lower bursa and ligament, 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 0MWY0JZ

UNSPSC 85671504 Revision of synthetic substitute in lower bursa and ligament, open approach is a Commodity code that bears no meaningful relationship to the recent state and local procurement opportunities tagged under it. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure — orthopedic revision of a bursa or ligament using a synthetic implant — yet none of the six recent solicitations solicited under this code involve orthopedic surgery, implant procurement, or surgical procedure execution. Instead, the opportunities span independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational health surveillance, surgical benefit carve-out programs for government employees, emergency medical services for youth in custody, and temporary health professional staffing. The tagging appears to reflect a misalignment between the code's surgical scope and the actual health services and administrative support that state and local governments are procuring.

Recent activity shows solicitations from Arizona, California, and Washington state bodies, including the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluation for disability determinations, due October 16, 2026), the City of Long Beach (surgical procedure benefit carve-out for PPO plans, due October 7, 2026), Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance, due October 9, 2026), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, due September 25, 2026), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management, original due date April 9, 2026), and County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories, due October 7, 2026). The code shows no current relevance to state and local procurement of orthopedic implants or surgical procedures; firms evaluating this code should treat it as inactive for procurement purposes and flag the taxonomy mismatch for their procurement systems.