UNSPSC 85672032: Excision of right hip bursa and ligament, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision 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 0MBL0ZZ

UNSPSC 85672032 Excision of right 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 bears no meaningful relationship to the code's stated scope. The solicitations posted under this code—independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—represent administrative healthcare services, benefits management, and occupational health programs rather than orthopedic surgical procedures or related clinical services.

The apparent mismatch between the code's clinical definition and the actual procurement activity suggests either a data classification error at the source or a fundamental disconnect in how state and local agencies have tagged these opportunities within the UNSPSC taxonomy. No recent opportunities in the source material reflect surgical services, operative reports, or clinical procedures aligned with hip bursa or ligament excision. The issuing bodies span diverse state and local categories—Arizona pension boards, California municipalities, Washington state transportation, Texas county juvenile probation, Florida county government, and California county health systems—but none are procuring the service the code describes. This code shows no relevant recent activity for firms pursuing contracts to deliver the work its name implies.