UNSPSC 85672030: Excision of right knee bursa and ligament, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right knee 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 0MBN0ZZ

UNSPSC 85672030 Excision of right knee bursa and ligament, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no alignment between its nominal surgical procedure scope and recent state and local contract activity. The code's clinical descriptor—a specific orthopedic surgical technique—does not match the work that purchasing jurisdictions are actually soliciting under it. Recent opportunities tagged to this code include independent medical evaluation services for public-safety disability retirement determinations, occupational medical surveillance for ferry system employees, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal health plans, pharmacy benefit management services, temporary health professional staffing for hospital systems, emergency and specialty medical care for detained youth, and specialty medical services for municipal employee populations. None of these activities involve performing or procuring the specific knee procedure named in the code. The issuing bodies span state transportation departments, city retirement offices, county health systems, county commissioners' offices, and municipal employee benefit programs—a broad jurisdictional mix reflecting health benefit and occupational health procurement rather than surgical procedure procurement.

Geographic activity includes Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach and Santa Clara County), Washington State (statewide ferries), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County). The most recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP for ferry workers across 14 statewide locations (due October 9, 2026), the City of Long Beach's surgical benefit carve-out RFP for Centers of Excellence networks (due October 7, 2026), and Santa Clara County Health System's multiple-award pool for temporary health professional staffing (due October 7, 2026). The code appears to be misapplied to health services administration, occupational health, and employee benefit procurement. Firms pursuing work under this code should clarify the actual UNSPSC categories that align with their service lines—disability medical evaluation, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, or staffing services—rather than assuming the surgical procedure descriptor reflects actual state and local buying activity.