UNSPSC 85671620: Drainage of left lower extremity bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left lower extremity bursa and ligament, 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 0M9W3ZZ

UNSPSC 85671620 Drainage of left lower extremity bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope—a specific orthopedic surgical procedure—does not align with the state and local procurement activity actually tagged to it. The recent opportunities posted under this code include independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary ancillary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations describe or require drainage procedures or other orthopedic surgery. The issuing bodies are diverse: city retirement offices, municipal HR departments, state transportation agencies, county juvenile probation departments, county boards of commissioners, and county health systems. This mismatch between the code's procedural name and the actual services being procured suggests a coding or tagging error in the source data rather than authentic demand for the procedure under this code.

Recent activity occurs across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no concentration pattern. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office issued RFP RTMRFP26001 for independent medical evaluation services with a $750,000 five-year maximum and an October 16, 2026 due date; the Washington State Department of Transportation issued RFP 20260825 for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry locations with an October 9, 2026 due date and a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026. Collier County issued RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management services with historical annual spending near $8.7 million and an April 9, 2026 submission deadline (already past). The County of Santa Clara issued RFSQHHSFY270052 for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories with an October 7, 2026 due date and no guaranteed work volumes. Given the fundamental disconnect between the code's surgical scope and the administrative, staffing, and benefits-management work actually being solicited, this code warrants investigation as a data quality issue before pursuing opportunities tagged to it.