UNSPSC 85693903: Extirpation of matter from left radius, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from left radius, 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 0PCJ3ZZ

UNSPSC 85693903 Extirpation of matter from left radius, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities posted under this code do not align with surgical services or medical procedures. Instead, the tagged solicitations cover pharmacy benefit management services, virtual primary and urgent care platform delivery, inmate medical and pharmacy services contracting, peer support worker services, and fire department medical director recruitment — none of which involve the procedural medical intervention the code's name suggests. The mismatch between the code's scope and what state and local governments are actually buying under it indicates either miscoding on the posting platforms or a fundamental disconnect between the UNSPSC taxonomy and the actual work being solicited.

The issuing bodies in the recent opportunities block include county governments (Muscogee County, Georgia; Collier County, Florida; Monroe County, Florida; and Santa Mateo County, California) and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica Fire Department, California), spanning Georgia, Florida, and California with no concentrated geographic pattern. Representative recent solicitations include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 for inmate medical and pharmacy services due May 15, 2026; Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members with historical annual pharmacy spending near $8.7 million; and Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for approximately 2,300 county members due April 16, 2026. Because none of these opportunities involve surgical extirpation procedures, vendors should verify the correct UNSPSC code assignment before pursuing opportunities tagged under this classification.