UNSPSC 85673555: Drainage of right shoulder bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right shoulder 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 0M913ZZ

UNSPSC 85673555 Drainage of right shoulder bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows a substantial mismatch between its nominal scope—a surgical procedure—and the actual medical services being solicited under it in state and local procurement. Recent opportunities tagged with this code are buying occupational health surveillance, disability benefit medical evaluation, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical center-of-excellence carve-outs, and emergency/specialty care for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve drainage procedures or orthopedic surgery. The issuing bodies span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems and commissioners (Santa Clara, Harris, Collier), municipal retirement boards and city human resources divisions (Phoenix, Long Beach), and special healthcare authorities. This coding anomaly suggests either systematic tagging errors in the jurisdictional systems or a historical artifact in how the code was applied.

The recent opportunities cluster in California, Arizona, Washington, Texas, and Florida. Representative solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, supporting disability determinations for approximately 75 annual public safety pension applicants), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations with physician-led examinations (due October 9, 2026, cost-weighted evaluation at 40 percent), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award qualification pool for temporary ancillary health professional staffing across 13 clinical specialties excluding nursing and physicians (due October 7, 2026). The code appears to be active in procurement systems but does not reliably signal surgical procedure opportunities; business development professionals should verify actual scope against the UNSPSC code before pursuing.