UNSPSC 85672031: Excision of left hip bursa and ligament, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of left 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 0MBM0ZZ

UNSPSC 85672031 Excision of left hip bursa and ligament, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a surgical procedure, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code does not align with the code's clinical specificity. The opportunities posted show no direct solicitation for hip bursa or ligament excision procedures; instead, state and local bodies are using this code to tag diverse healthcare administration and staffing services including occupational medical surveillance, disability benefit medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. The code appears to have been misapplied or repurposed as a catch-all for healthcare-related procurement across multiple service lines, rendering the nominal code scope unmoored from actual buying activity.

Recent opportunities span multiple state and local jurisdictions with no geographic concentration: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona) solicited independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations; the Washington State Department of Transportation requested occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations; the City of Long Beach (California) sought surgical procedure carve-out benefit management; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas) issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth; Santa Clara County Health System (California) established a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing in multiple clinical categories; and Collier County (Florida) solicited pharmacy benefit management services. Due dates cluster in October 2026, with the Washington State Ferries pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026, and the City of Phoenix inquiry deadline on September 29, 2026. Given the disconnect between the code's clinical designation and the actual procurement scope across these issuers, vendors should verify code application directly in source solicitation documents rather than rely on UNSPSC classification alone.