UNSPSC 85672028: Excision of right ankle bursa and ligament, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision 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 0MBQ0ZZ

UNSPSC 85672028 Excision of right ankle bursa and ligament, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure. The recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show little alignment with the code's stated scope; instead, issuing bodies are procuring occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out administration, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve excision of ankle bursa or ligament procedures. The mismatch suggests either systematic mis-tagging of health services procurements under this surgical procedure code or a data quality issue in the underlying opportunity dataset. State and local buyers active under this code include county health systems, municipal retirement boards, state transportation departments, county probation departments, and county commissioners' offices spanning Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington.

Recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) supporting disability benefit determinations for public safety personnel, with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing in ancillary clinical categories (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). The code shows no meaningful procurement activity aligned to ankle bursa or ligament excision; business development professionals should treat this code as dormant for state and local contracting purposes and verify actual procurement intent through direct contact with issuing bodies rather than relying on the code assignment.