UNSPSC 85781932: Excision of right foot, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right foot, 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 0YBM3ZZ

UNSPSC 85781932 Excision of right foot, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code with a nominal scope that does not align with the state and local procurement activity recently tagged under it. The code's name refers to a specific surgical procedure, yet recent opportunities solicited under this code cover occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure carve-out benefits for employee plans, and specialty medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations procure or reference percutaneous foot excision as a service or product line. The mismatch suggests either a coding error in the state and local procurement systems or opportunistic tagging by issuing bodies seeking visibility in health care procurement categories.

The actual work being bought under this code spans discrete health care administration and benefits-management services, not clinical surgical procedures. The Washington State Department of Transportation (via Washington State Ferries) solicited occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry locations; the City of Phoenix Retirement Office sought independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations; the County of Santa Clara Health System established a vendor pool for temporary ancillary clinical staffing; the City of Long Beach requested surgical procedure carve-out management through Centers of Excellence; Collier County sought pharmacy benefit management covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members; and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and inpatient medical services for detained youth. Issuing bodies span state departments, counties, cities, and special-purpose health systems across Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Without representative opportunities genuinely aligned to the code's stated scope, this code shows little meaningful recent activity in state and local procurement for the service it nominally describes.