UNSPSC 85723821: Removal of infusion device from right ankle joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of infusion device from right ankle 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 0SPF33Z

UNSPSC 85723821 Removal of infusion device from right ankle joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows a significant mismatch between its clinical procedure title and the work actually being solicited under it in state and local procurement. The recent opportunities tagged to this code do not involve orthopedic device removal or surgical procedures. Instead, state and local governments are using this code—incorrectly—to classify healthcare administration, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, medical record review, and temporary clinical staffing services. The Phoenix Retirement Office is seeking independent medical evaluation and disability record summarization services; the Washington State Department of Transportation is purchasing occupational medical surveillance with physician-supervised baseline and periodic examinations; the City of Long Beach is soliciting Centers of Excellence surgical carve-out benefit administration; Collier County is requesting pharmacy benefit management services; and the County of Santa Clara Health System is building a temporary health professional staffing pool across multiple ancillary clinical categories. These solicitations share no connection to the code's stated procedure.

The issuing bodies include county health systems (Santa Clara), state transportation agencies (WSDOT), county human resources and procurement offices (Collier County), city retirement boards (Phoenix), and municipal health plan administrators (Long Beach). Recent activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no geographic concentration. Because the code nomenclature does not align with actual procurement activity, vendors should treat this code as a data quality issue rather than a reliable procurement signal. The source offers no evidence that state and local governments are actually procuring the orthopedic surgical procedure named in the code. Businesses evaluating this code should verify the correct UNSPSC classification for their service offering before pursuing opportunities tagged under it, as the tagging appears to reflect administrative or data-entry error rather than intentional categorization.