UNSPSC 85673520: Extraction of right wrist bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extraction of right wrist 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 0MD53ZZ

UNSPSC 85673520 Extraction of right wrist bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code with no recent state and local procurement activity aligned to its medical procedure scope. The recent solicitations tagged under this code reflect a fundamental mismatch: the opportunities posted are actually procurement of healthcare administration and staffing services — independent medical evaluations for disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefit program management, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve the specific orthopedic surgical procedure the code nominally describes. State and local procurement offices have misclassified these opportunities within the UNSPSC taxonomy.

The issuing bodies across the mislabeled opportunities span municipal retirement boards (Phoenix), cities (Long Beach, Phoenix), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county probation departments (Harris County), county health systems (Santa Clara County), and county commissioners (Collier County). Geographic activity appears scattered across Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, reflecting no concentrated regional pattern. Because the code itself does not match the actual goods or services being procured, there is no meaningful buying signal under the correct classification; any business development activity should focus on correcting the UNSPSC coding in these opportunities rather than pursuing them under code 85673520.