UNSPSC 85673649: Repair left hand bursa and ligament, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair left hand bursa and ligament, 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 0MQ84ZZ

UNSPSC 85673649 Repair left hand bursa and ligament, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local contract activity. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged to it encompass independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance, juvenile detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve bursa or ligament repair procedures. The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the operational scope of the opportunities suggests the code is either incorrectly applied to these procurements or state and local jurisdictions are using it as a catchall for medical service contracting outside its intended definition.

The opportunities that appear under this code are issued by diverse public bodies—city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal benefits administration (Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington), county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris County), and county procurement offices (Collier County)—across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. None represent genuine orthopedic surgical procurement. Firms evaluating this code should treat it as a low-priority watch category pending clarification of whether state and local procurement offices intend to reclassify these medical-services opportunities to more appropriate UNSPSC codes, or whether activity under the code's precise definition is simply not materializing in the public market right now.