UNSPSC 85692038: Extirpation of matter from right scapula, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from right scapula, open 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 0PC50ZZ

UNSPSC 85692038 Extirpation of matter from right scapula, open approach is a Commodity code that bears no meaningful relationship to the state and local procurement opportunities currently tagged under it. The recent solicitations—independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefits carve-outs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—are administrative health services and workforce contracting, not surgical procedures. The code's nominal scope describes a specific orthopedic surgical intervention, yet state and local buyers are using the code tag to classify health plan administration, occupational medicine compliance, disability medical record review, and staffing services that have no surgical component whatsoever.

No meaningful market activity exists under this code as defined. The mismatch between the UNSPSC code label and actual procurement spending is too large to support business development strategy. Buyers appear to have misapplied the code across unrelated health services categories; the code itself does not reflect genuine demand for the surgical procedure it names. A firm evaluating this code should treat it as inactive for state and local procurement purposes and investigate whether buyers may be consolidating these health services under a different, more appropriate UNSPSC family or class code.