UNSPSC 85695278: Drainage of right metacarpal with drainage device, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right metacarpal with drainage device, 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 0P9P40Z

UNSPSC 85695278 Drainage of right metacarpal with drainage device, percutaneous endoscopic approach (Commodity) shows minimal relevance to actual state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope describes a specific surgical procedure on hand anatomy, yet the recent opportunities tagged under it cover occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, health professional staffing, surgical carve-out benefit programs, and emergency youth detention healthcare — none of which involve the procedure named in the code. The mismatch suggests this code was applied incorrectly to unrelated opportunities, or the opportunities were mislabeled in the source system.

The geographically dispersed activity that does appear includes Washington (occupational medical surveillance at the Washington State Department of Transportation), Arizona (City of Phoenix disability medical evaluations), California (City of Long Beach surgical benefit carve-outs and County of Santa Clara temporary health professional staffing), Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management), and Texas (Harris County youth detention medical services). Across these jurisdictions, issuing bodies range from state transportation departments to county health systems and city retirement offices. No single buyer or geographic cluster dominates the coded opportunities. Given the disconnect between the code's clinical procedure name and the broader health services being solicited, this code does not serve as a reliable indicator of surgical-procedure procurement by state and local governments; procurement professionals evaluating opportunities in occupational health, benefits management, or temporary clinical staffing should rely on code verification rather than accept this code's categorization at face value.