UNSPSC 85695558: Destruction of right carpal, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right carpal, 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 0P5M3ZZ

UNSPSC 85695558 Destruction of right carpal, percutaneous approach (Commodity) does not align with actual state and local procurement activity. The code, which nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, shows no recent opportunities matching its scope. The six most recent state and local solicitations posted under or near this code instead cover independent medical evaluation services for public safety pension boards, surgical carve-out benefit programs for city employees, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these opportunities involve carpal destruction procedures or orthopedic interventions; they reflect municipal healthcare administration, occupational health compliance, and benefits management contracting. The code's nominal description appears to be a mislabeling or misclassification artifact within the state and local procurement taxonomy.

This code shows little relevant recent activity for state and local procurement buyers pursuing orthopedic or surgical services. Bidders tracking UNSPSC 85695558 for carpal-related procedure opportunities should verify the code assignment against their target RFPs and consider whether the code itself is being applied correctly by issuing bodies. The actual opportunities appearing in this dataset—spanning Arizona's Phoenix Retirement Office, California's Long Beach and Santa Clara, Washington's WSDOT ferries division, Harris County Juvenile Probation in Texas, and Florida's Collier County—address healthcare benefits, occupational health administration, and clinical staffing, none of which intersect with the code's stated commodity scope.