UNSPSC 85672025: Excision of left foot bursa and ligament, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of left foot 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 0MBT0ZZ

UNSPSC 85672025 Excision of left foot bursa and ligament, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally refers to a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it do not involve surgical procedures on foot anatomy. Instead, the recent solicitations span occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Ferries), disability medical record review and independent medical examinations (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), surgical carve-out benefit program administration (City of Long Beach), specialty medical services for detained youth (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and temporary health professional staffing (County of Santa Clara Health System). None of these opportunities involve excision of foot bursa or ligament repair. The code appears to have been applied incorrectly to these health services procurement activities, suggesting either tagging error or a system-level mismatch between the code's anatomical scope and how state and local issuing bodies are classifying health services contracts.

The geographic spread of the recent opportunities spans Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas, with issuing bodies including state transportation departments, county health systems, retirement boards, and municipalities. No issuing body appears more than once in the recent set. Given the absence of procurement activity actually matching the code's stated scope, this code does not present a viable market opportunity for firms pursuing state and local contracts related to foot surgery or orthopedic procedures.