UNSPSC 85672016: Extraction of right hip bursa and ligament, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extraction of right hip 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 0MDL0ZZ

UNSPSC 85672016 Extraction of right hip bursa and ligament, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local contract activity. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet the six recent opportunities posted under it span independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve extraction of hip bursa and ligament. State and local procurement offices have tagged these opportunities with this code despite the mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the administrative and medical management services actually being solicited. The code shows no genuine procurement activity aligned with its stated scope.

The mismatch appears systematic rather than isolated. The issuing bodies posting under this code include city retirement systems (City of Phoenix), municipal health benefits offices (City of Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile probation systems (Harris County), county commissioners (Collier County), and county health systems (Santa Clara County). These are administrative procurement units managing employee and public beneficiary healthcare programs, insurance networks, and medical staffing, not surgical providers. The recent opportunities reflect the actual work these jurisdictions buy: benefits administration, network management, occupational health compliance, and temporary clinical staffing. A firm evaluating this code for pursuit should recognize that UNSPSC coding misalignment here signals either a data-entry error in the procurement system or a categorical mismatch in how the jurisdiction's procurement office has classified these health services opportunities. No decision-relevant activity under the code's true scope is evident.