UNSPSC 85672535: Repair head and neck bursa and ligament, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair head and neck 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 0MQ00ZZ

UNSPSC 85672535 Repair head and neck bursa and ligament, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent activity among state and local procurement opportunities. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, yet the six most recent state and local solicitations tagged under it—independent medical evaluation services for disability retirement determinations, surgical benefit carve-out administration for municipal employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—represent health plan administration, occupational medicine, medical record management, and clinical staffing, not the orthopedic surgical repair procedure the code name specifies. The mismatch between the code's surgical scope and the administrative and occupational-health services actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding in the state and local procurement system or a fundamental disconnect between UNSPSC 85672535's intended scope and how jurisdictions are applying it.

The seven opportunities span diverse issuing bodies—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and County of Santa Clara Health System—across Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. Recent response dates cluster in September and October 2026, with the City of Long Beach and Washington State Ferries opportunities due October 7 and October 9 respectively, and the County of Santa Clara Health System seeking temporary staffing qualifications by the same date. None of these opportunities align meaningfully with head and neck bursa and ligament repair. Firms considering this code should verify UNSPSC coding accuracy in any target RFP before committing pursuit resources.