UNSPSC 85672940: Destruction of left upper extremity bursa and ligament, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left upper extremity 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 0M5B0ZZ

UNSPSC 85672940 Destruction of left upper extremity bursa and ligament, open approach is a Commodity code with no relevant recent state and local contract activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged under it in state and local procurement systems reflect administrative healthcare services, benefits management, occupational health screening, and staffing procurement — work unrelated to the procedural scope the code name indicates. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical benefit carve-out programs, the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance solicitation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department's RFI for specialty medical services, Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management, and the County of Santa Clara Health System's request for temporary health professional staffing pool qualifications all address healthcare program administration or staffing rather than orthopedic surgical procedures. The mismatch between the code's surgical-procedure definition and the healthcare services and benefits administration actually being procured suggests the code is either incorrectly applied to these opportunities in source systems or sees minimal activity aligned with its nominal scope.

State and local buyers across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington have recently issued solicitations for occupational health programs, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy management, surgical benefit networks, and clinical staffing — all tagged to this code but operationally distinct from upper extremity orthopedic procedures. The breadth and diversity of healthcare administrative work appearing under this code implies either systematic tagging errors in state and local procurement databases or that the code itself carries ambiguous scope in how purchasing offices apply it. Business development professionals should verify the actual scope of opportunities within their target jurisdictions before committing resources to pursuit, as the code as currently deployed does not reliably signal orthopedic surgical procedure procurement.