UNSPSC 85672770: Drainage of head and neck bursa and ligament with drainage device, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of head and neck bursa and ligament with drainage device, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0M9040Z

UNSPSC 85672770 Drainage of head and neck bursa and ligament with drainage device, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its clinical procedure nomenclature. The recent opportunities posted under this code reflect a fundamental mismatch: the code nominally describes a specific surgical drainage procedure, yet state and local governments are actually using it to solicit medical services management contracts including independent medical evaluations, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-outs, and youth detention healthcare—none of which involve the procedure named in the code. This tagging misalignment suggests either systematic miscoding at the source or use of the code as a catch-all medical-services container at the state and local level, rendering the code's nominal scope unreliable as a buying signal.

The issuing bodies across the six posted opportunities span state departments, counties, and municipal health systems: the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (healthcare RFI), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy management), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations), the City of Long Beach (surgical benefit network), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary clinical staffing). Activity concentrates in California (two opportunities), with single recent postings in Washington, Arizona, Florida, and Texas. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 maximum over five years) focused on disability benefit determinations for public safety personnel, the Washington State Ferries occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026, cost-based scoring with pre-bid August 31), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award RFSQ for temporary health professional staffing (due October 7, 2026). The code's utility for business development is severely limited by the divergence between its procedural nomenclature and the administrative and occupational health services actually being bought under it.