UNSPSC 85722716: Excision of right tarsal joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right tarsal joint, 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 0SBH4ZZ

UNSPSC 85722716 Excision of right tarsal joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach, a Commodity code, shows a fundamental mismatch between its nominal clinical-procedure scope and actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure code borrowed from medical billing taxonomy; however, the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under this code span disability medical evaluation services, Centers of Excellence surgical carve-out benefit programs, occupational medical surveillance, detention-facility emergency and specialty healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve tarsal joint excision or related orthopedic procedures. The misclassification appears systematic: the code has been applied to a broad range of health services contracting without regard to its narrow clinical meaning. As a result, pursuing opportunities under this code requires filtering through unrelated health services work to identify any actual surgical-procedure sourcing, which the available records do not support.

State and local buyers issuing under this code include city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal health systems (Long Beach, Santa Clara County), state transportation authorities (Washington State Ferries), county juvenile probation (Harris County), and county general-fund procurement (Collier County), spanning Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (response due October 16, 2026, maximum contract value $750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance for ferries personnel across 14 Washington locations (response due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories (response due October 7, 2026). The code's use appears to reflect administrative tagging misalignment rather than intentional procurement of the procedure it nominally describes; bidders should verify actual scope alignment before investing in pursuit.