UNSPSC 85672165: Destruction of left foot bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left foot 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 0M5T3ZZ

UNSPSC 85672165 Destruction of left foot bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the six recent opportunities tagged to it across Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida are actually buying independent medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, occupational health surveillance, surgical care networks, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention medical services — none of which align with procurement of a specific orthopedic surgical procedure. The mismatch suggests either misclassification in the source data or use of this code as a placeholder for a broader healthcare services category that does not reflect actual commodities or services being solicited.

State and local buyers across multiple jurisdictions and issuing-body types — including city retirement boards, county health systems, state transportation departments, county probation departments, and county procurement offices — are using healthcare-related codes to solicit administrative, staffing, and benefit-management services rather than discrete clinical procedures. The absence of opportunities actually requesting destruction-of-bursa or percutaneous-approach surgical services, combined with the concrete divergence between the code's nominal scope and what is actually being bought, indicates this code is not a productive avenue for firms seeking state and local healthcare procurement work. Business development professionals should verify code assignment in any RFP or RFQ and look to codes covering the specific service categories (staffing, medical evaluation administration, pharmacy management, occupational health) that are generating genuine procurement activity.