UNSPSC 85673432: Drainage of right wrist bursa and ligament with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right wrist bursa and ligament with drainage device, 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 0M9500Z

UNSPSC 85673432 Drainage of right wrist bursa and ligament with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that does not match the work actually being solicited under it in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a surgical medical procedure, but the recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, and surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employee health plans — none of which involve drainage of a wrist bursa.

The mismatch between the code's medical procedure title and the scope of actual state and local procurements suggests the code has been misapplied or repurposed within state and local procurement systems. No issuing body appears more than once in the recent opportunities block, and the geographic spread is dispersed across Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County). The mix of issuing bodies includes city retirement offices, municipal human resources departments, state transportation authorities, county health systems, and county procurement offices. Because the code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope, pursuit under this taxonomy marker is not recommended without clarification from the issuing jurisdiction on the intended commodity classification.