UNSPSC 85682534: Replacement of right frontal bone with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right frontal bone with nonautologous tissue substitute, open 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 0NR10KZ

UNSPSC 85682534 Replacement of right frontal bone with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code describes a specific surgical procedure for cranial bone replacement, but the recent opportunities tagged to it reflect medical services administration and occupational health surveillance — functions that fall outside the code's nominal scope of orthopedic implant or procedural supplies. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office issued an RFP for independent medical evaluation services (disability record review and psychiatric examinations for pension applicants); the City of Long Beach requested proposals for a surgical carve-out benefit program managing Centers of Excellence networks for knee, hip, spine, and oncology procedures; the Washington State Department of Transportation sought occupational medical surveillance for ferry employees; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth; Collier County solicited pharmacy benefit management; and Santa Clara County Health System qualified vendors for temporary health professional staffing. None of these opportunities involve bone replacement implants, cranial surgery supplies, or the procedural materials the code nominally describes.

The geographic spread of these mismatched opportunities spans Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida — jurisdictions and issuing bodies (county health systems, state transportation agencies, county detention authorities, local retirement boards, and county benefits consortia) that procure health services but not the surgical implant category indicated by the code. The apparent mismatch between the code and the actual work being solicited suggests either a data classification error or that state and local procurement databases occasionally tag general medical and health administration services to surgical-procedure codes without precision. A business development professional pursuing this code should verify directly with issuing bodies or recent bidders whether cranial implant or bone substitute opportunities exist in their markets; the recent public record does not support active state and local procurement in this surgical implant commodity.