UNSPSC 85673609: Supplement left hand bursa and ligament with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left hand bursa and ligament with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0MU84KZ

UNSPSC 85673609 Supplement left hand bursa and ligament with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach, is a Commodity code whose nominal scope describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure; however, recent state and local procurement activity under this code does not align with that clinical definition. Instead, issuing bodies are using the code to tag solicitations for occupational health surveillance, medical record management, pharmacy benefit administration, temporary clinical staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs—none of which involve the orthopedic procedure named in the code. The mismatch suggests the code is being misapplied at the point of solicitation posting rather than reflecting genuine buying activity in the commodity's stated scope. Issuing bodies include county and city health systems, county government benefits administrators, state transportation departments, and county juvenile justice agencies, with no single buyer appearing more than once in the recent record.

Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, drawn from recent solicitations issued by the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (RFP due October 16, 2026 for independent medical evaluation services supporting disability benefit determinations), the City of Long Beach (RFP due October 7, 2026 for surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits under an Anthem Blue Cross PPO plan), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of the Washington State Ferries (RFP due October 9, 2026 for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry terminals and shipyard locations), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (RFI due September 25, 2026 for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth), the County of Santa Clara Health System (RFQ due October 7, 2026 establishing a qualified vendor pool for temporary ancillary health professional staffing), and Collier County Board of County Commissioners (RFP due April 9, 2026 for pharmacy benefit management services). The code shows no recent activity that reflects the orthopedic surgical procedure specified in its name.