UNSPSC 85673569: Destruction of left elbow bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left elbow 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 0M543ZZ

UNSPSC 85673569 Destruction of left elbow bursa and ligament, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that displays a significant mismatch between its clinical procedural title and the actual work state and local governments are procuring under this tag. Recent solicitations do not involve orthopedic surgical procedures; instead, they reflect a broad range of occupational health, administrative medical evaluation, and health benefit management services. The issuing bodies span multiple jurisdiction types — city retirement offices, state transportation departments, county health systems, county juvenile probation departments, and county boards of commissioners — indicating the code is applied inconsistently across unrelated healthcare purchasing activities. The scope of work being solicited includes occupational medical surveillance (baseline and periodic employee examinations), independent disability medical evaluations and record summarization for pension-benefit determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans, pharmacy benefit management administration, temporary health professional staffing for ancillary clinical positions, and emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth. None of these activities align with the code's nominal scope of elbow bursa and ligament destruction.

Geographic activity is dispersed across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no dominant jurisdiction pattern. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations (due October 9, 2026, with a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026), the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical benefit carve-out services for its Anthem PPO plan (due October 7, 2026), the County of Santa Clara Health System's multiple-award vehicle for temporary health professional staffing (due October 7, 2026), and Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services (due April 9, 2026, with historical annual pharmacy spending around $8.7 million). The code shows no relevant recent procurement activity and appears to have been applied to healthcare administrative and occupational health services by error.