UNSPSC 85672149: Drainage of left knee bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left knee bursa and ligament, percutaneous 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 0M9P3ZZ

UNSPSC 85672149 Drainage of left knee bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity in the source material. The code describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet none of the six recent opportunities posted under this code involve procurement of that procedure or related surgical interventions. Instead, the opportunities reflect procurement of administrative and operational health services—independent medical evaluation coordination, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit program administration, and emergency medical services for youth in detention—none of which correspond to the drainage procedure named in the code.

The mismatch suggests either a data classification error or a systematic misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy assignment and the actual services being solicited. The recent opportunities span multiple state and local issuing bodies including the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the Washington State Department of Transportation (Washington State Ferries), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System, across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. The code shows minimal relevance to state and local procurement activity as currently classified.