UNSPSC 85722215: Excision of left tarsal joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of left tarsal joint, 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 0SBJ3ZZ

UNSPSC 85722215 Excision of left tarsal joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work state and local governments are actually buying under this taxonomy reference. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, surgical care networks, pharmacy benefit management, youth detention medical services, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve orthopedic joint excision procedures. The code appears to be a procedural medical billing classification that state and local procurement offices have mistakenly applied to broader healthcare services contracts. No recent opportunities in the source are soliciting the specific clinical procedure named in the code.

State and local health system customers—county health systems, county commissioners, retirement boards, state transportation agencies, and county juvenile justice departments—are using this code tag while procuring administrative healthcare services, staffing, and managed-care programs rather than surgical procedures. The geographic spread of recent activity includes Arizona (Phoenix Retirement Office), California (Long Beach, Santa Clara County), Washington (Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County). The actual work being solicited includes occupational medical examinations across multiple Washington State Ferries locations due October 9, 2026 (RFP); independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations by the City of Phoenix Fire and Police Pension Boards due October 16, 2026 (RFP); a surgical care network carve-out program for the City of Long Beach due October 7, 2026 (RFP); and a temporary health professional staffing qualified-vendor pool for Santa Clara County Health System due October 7, 2026 (RFP). This code warrants investigation as a taxonomy miscoding rather than pursuit as an indicator of actual orthopedic surgical contracting activity.