UNSPSC 85692241: Extirpation of matter from sternum, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from sternum, 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 0PC03ZZ

UNSPSC 85692241 Extirpation of matter from sternum, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows substantial mismatch between its nominal medical-procedure title and the state and local opportunities currently tagged under it. The recent solicitations include independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, occupational health surveillance examinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, pharmacy benefit management administration, temporary health professional staffing, specialty medical services for detained youth, and emergency/inpatient hospital care — none of which represent percutaneous sternum procedures. State and local procurement offices are using this code to classify a broad range of occupational health, employee benefits administration, and public-sector medical services procurement that falls well outside the code's nominal scope. The issuing bodies span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara County Health System, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County), and municipal retirement offices (City of Phoenix).

Recent activity appears concentrated in the West and Southwest, with visible solicitations from Washington State (occupational medical surveillance, RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), Arizona (Phoenix retirement medical evaluations, RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026), California (Santa Clara Health System temporary staffing, RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026; City of Long Beach surgical benefits, HR26753, due October 7, 2026), Texas (Harris County RFI for youth detention medical services, 071626BNM, due September 25, 2026), and Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management, RFP 258414, due April 9, 2026). The code's recent use suggests it is being applied loosely to capture occupational health compliance, medical record management, benefits administration, and temporary clinical staffing — indicating either a systematic tagging error or institutional misalignment between the code's medical-procedure definition and its current application in state and local procurement systems. Firms targeting occupational health, employee health benefits, or temporary clinical staffing should monitor this code cautiously and verify alignment with specific issuing-body solicitations rather than relying on the nominal code name.