UNSPSC 42321704: Femoral heads

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product used as a femoral head in a surgical procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates Femoral heads under 21 CFR 888.3353 and under FDA product code LZO. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 902129.

UNSPSC 42321704 Femoral heads (Commodity) shows a significant mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local opportunities. The code nominally designates orthopedic joint replacement components — specifically prosthetic femoral head assemblies used in hip arthroplasty — but recent opportunities tagged to this code span furniture procurement, orthopedic hardware extraction services, law enforcement equipment, and educational instructional resources, none of which align with femoral head supply or installation. The single opportunity with plausible orthopedic relevance, San Mateo Medical Center's request for orthopedic hardware removal and extraction system services (RFP 666002526252, due July 1, 2026), addresses implant extraction rather than implant supply or femoral head procurement specifically. The California State procurement for outpatient building furniture and the Sourcewell cooperative purchasing vehicle for law enforcement equipment are entirely outside orthopedic implant scope.

The source contains no recent state and local solicitations for the supply, installation, or procurement of actual femoral head components as presently coded. Activity across the tagged opportunities is concentrated in California (State of California, San Mateo Medical Center) and Minnesota (Sourcewell), with additional schools-and-districts activity in Texas (Klein ISD), but none of this activity reflects procurement of femoral head implants or related joint replacement hardware. Practitioners evaluating this code should verify whether procurement offices in their target regions are actually buying femoral heads under 42321704 or whether the code represents dormant or misapplied taxonomy in their jurisdictions' purchasing systems.