UNSPSC 85672012: Extraction of right ankle bursa and ligament, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extraction of right ankle 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 0MDQ0ZZ

UNSPSC 85672012 Extraction of right ankle bursa and ligament, open approach is a Commodity code that shows a fundamental mismatch between its nominal surgical-procedure scope and the actual work state and local governments are buying. Recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code do not involve orthopedic surgical extraction services. Instead, issuing bodies are procuring occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for disability benefit determination, surgical benefit carve-out administration, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which involve the specific ankle procedure named in the code. The issuing bodies span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), counties (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), and cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), indicating broad horizontal use of the code across jurisdiction types. No repeat buyers appear in the recent opportunities.

Geographic activity includes Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach, Santa Clara), Florida (Collier County), Texas (Harris County), and Washington State, with no clear concentration in a single region. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services due October 16, 2026 with a maximum five-year contract value of $750,000; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services due October 9, 2026 with a two-year term and optional five additional one-year extensions; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFQ to establish a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories, due October 7, 2026. The code appears to be misaligned with the medical services and staffing work actually being solicited, suggesting either upstream classification error or use of the code as a catch-all placeholder for health services procurement that does not fit the orthopedic surgical extraction definition.