UNSPSC 85672639: Division of head and neck bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to division of head and neck 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 0M803ZZ

UNSPSC 85672639 Division of head and neck bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure classification, but the six recent opportunities posted under this code do not reflect surgical interventions on head and neck structures. Instead, the opportunities span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which map to the code's clinical descriptor. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, state transportation departments, county health systems, county commissioners, and county juvenile probation departments, reflecting a diverse mix of public employers and health authorities rather than a coherent procurement category. This mismatch suggests either a tagging error in the state and local procurement systems or that the code is being used as a catch-all for health services categories without clinical specificity.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County), but the diversity of service types and the apparent misalignment between the code definition and actual solicitations limits the utility of geographic analysis. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years) focused on disability determinations for public safety personnel, the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations (due October 9, 2026, cost-based evaluation), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award qualification pool for temporary ancillary clinical staffing (due October 7, 2026). This code appears to have limited relevance for mainstream procurement activity in its stated clinical scope; firms evaluating opportunities under this classification should verify the actual service requirements before pursuing.