UNSPSC 85673518: Extraction of right hand bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extraction of right hand 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 0MD73ZZ

UNSPSC 85673518 Extraction of right hand bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no alignment with actual state and local procurement activity in the recent opportunities block. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, yet the six most recent state and local solicitations tagged under it—spanning occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, surgical benefit carve-out programs, specialty medical services for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing—represent administrative health service contracting, workforce medical surveillance, and benefits program management rather than operative clinical procedures. State and local governments do not directly procure surgical procedures through competitive bidding notices; they contract with health systems, physician networks, and benefits administrators to coordinate or deliver care. The code appears to have been misapplied in the underlying procurement database.

No recent state and local opportunities reflect actual procurement of the service named in the code. The solicitations present instead reflect demand from county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris), municipal retirement offices (Phoenix), city employee benefits programs (Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington), and county human resources divisions (Collier County) for administrative, occupational health, and medical staffing support services. Business development professionals evaluating this code should treat the mismatch as a signal of classification drift rather than genuine market opportunity under the code's stated definition.