UNSPSC 85671538: Division of left lower extremity bursa and ligament, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to division of left lower extremity 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 0M8W0ZZ

UNSPSC 85671538 "Division of left lower extremity bursa and ligament, open approach" is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code's nominal taxonomy scope—a surgical procedure classification—does not align with the actual work being solicited by state and local governments in the recent opportunity record. Recent postings tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans. These are administrative health services, benefits management, and staffing arrangements, not surgical procedures. The mismatch suggests the code has been misapplied to medical services and staffing solicitations by issuing bodies, or that the code's UNSPSC classification is not being used as intended for state and local procurement under the actual procedure it nominally describes.

The recent opportunities instead reflect activity across occupational health, workforce medical clearance, public safety disability benefits administration, municipal employee health plan administration, and temporary clinical staffing. Issuing bodies include the Washington State Department of Transportation (on behalf of Washington State Ferries), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System. Geographic spread spans Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. Notable opportunities include the WSDOT medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) for occupational examinations across fourteen Washington ferry system locations, the City of Phoenix independent medical evaluation services RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026, $750,000 maximum over five years), and the County of Santa Clara temporary health professional staffing solicitation (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026, multiple-award, non-exclusive vehicle with no guaranteed work volume).