UNSPSC 85695642: Release right carpal, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release right carpal, 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 0PNM4ZZ

UNSPSC 85695642 Release right carpal, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The code's specificity—a single surgical procedure approach—does not match the scope of work state and local issuing bodies are currently buying under this designation. Recent solicitations tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability benefit medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans. None of these activities involve percutaneous endoscopic carpal release or orthopedic procedures at the line-item level; the code appears to be a misclassification artifact rather than a reflection of genuine procurement demand.

The issuing bodies pursuing opportunities under this code are diverse: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluation services for public safety pension disability determinations), the City of Long Beach (surgical benefit carve-out for employee health plans), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories). Recent opportunities span Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Given the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being procured, this code does not represent a meaningful procurement vehicle for orthopedic surgery vendors or surgical procedure specialists; pursuit under this designation is not recommended.