UNSPSC 85691825: Reposition sternum, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition sternum, external 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 0PS0XZZ

UNSPSC 85691825 Reposition sternum, external approach (Commodity) describes a surgical procedure code that appears misaligned with the recent state and local contract activity in the source. The recent opportunities solicited under this code involve comprehensive healthcare administration and service delivery — inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support services, and fire department medical direction — none of which entail surgical sternum repositioning or the operative services the code nominally describes. State and local procurement offices are tagging these opportunities with a surgical procedure code despite their focus on healthcare management contracting, program oversight, and clinical service delivery rather than orthopedic or cardiothoracic surgery.

The issuing bodies span county corrections systems (Muscogee County, Georgia), county health benefits administration (Collier County, Florida; Monroe County, Florida), county behavioral health services (San Mateo County, California), and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica, California). Recent solicitations include Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP 26-0008 for inmate medical and pharmacy services (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members (due April 9, 2026), Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care serving 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026), San Mateo County's MHSA Innovation peer support pilot project funded at $580,000 (due July 2, 2025), and Santa Monica Fire Department's RFP for a medical director (due October 16, 2025). The geographic concentration spans Florida, Georgia, and California. The code shows no discernible alignment with surgical procedure procurement; the mismatch suggests either a tagging error by procurement offices or a fundamental misfit between the code's surgical intent and actual state and local buying activity under it.