UNSPSC 85721701: Extirpation of matter from left toe phalangeal joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from left toe phalangeal joint, open 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 0SCQ0ZZ

UNSPSC 85721701, Extirpation of matter from left toe phalangeal joint, open approach, is a Commodity code whose designation does not align with state and local procurement activity recorded under it. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluation services for retirement disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and youth detention facility medical services — none of which involve orthopedic joint procedures. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the source system or use of the code as a catch-all placeholder for health and medical services offerings. State and local buyers issuing under this code include county health systems, county boards of commissioners, city retirement offices, state transportation departments, and county juvenile probation authorities. The issuing bodies and scope breadth signal that the code may serve a generic filing function rather than a clinically specific procurement category.

Recent activity is concentrated in California, Arizona, Washington, and Florida, with the most visible opportunities focused on medical management infrastructure rather than clinical procedures. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office posted an RFP (RTMRFP26001) due October 16, 2026 for independent medical evaluation services with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation posted an RFQ (RFP20260825) due October 9, 2026 for occupational medical surveillance; the City of Long Beach posted an RFP (HR26753) due October 7, 2026 for a surgical benefits carve-out program; and Collier County Board of County Commissioners posted an RFP (RFP 25-8414) for pharmacy benefit management. Given the systematic disconnect between the code's ostensible clinical scope and the actual work being solicited, pursuit under this code requires verification that the issuing body's internal classification maps to your firm's service offering rather than reliance on the code itself as a meaningful scope indicator.