UNSPSC 85705348: Drainage of right tarsal with drainage device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right tarsal with drainage device, 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 0Q9L30Z

UNSPSC 85705348 Drainage of right tarsal with drainage device, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code whose nominal name describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code show little alignment with orthopedic or tarsal drainage services. Instead, the solicitations being tagged to this code span independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—a collection of health plan administration, occupational health, and clinical staffing services. The issuing bodies include city pension boards, municipal health benefit programs, state transportation departments, county probation systems, county human resources divisions, and regional health systems. This mismatch between the code's technical name and the scope of work actually being procured suggests either systematic miscoding at the posting jurisdictions or a data-entry error in the taxonomy assignment.

The recent opportunities span Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services due October 16, 2026), California (City of Long Beach surgical benefit carve-out RFP due October 7, 2026 and County of Santa Clara Health System temporary health professional staffing due October 7, 2026), Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation occupational medical surveillance RFP due October 9, 2026), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth due September 25, 2026), and Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management RFP with historical spending around $8.7 million annually). The code shows no recent, clearly relevant procurement activity for the tarsal drainage procedure its name denotes; the opportunities currently tagged to it address health plan administration, benefits management, and general medical staffing rather than orthopedic surgery or device placement.