UNSPSC 85691940: Resection of sternum, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to resection of sternum, 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 0PT00ZZ

UNSPSC 85691940 Resection of sternum, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with actual state and local procurement activity in the recent opportunities on record. The source materials show no solicitations for surgical procedures or inpatient surgical services—the code's nominal scope. Instead, the recent opportunities tagged under this code span jail and prison medical services, county pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care for county employees, peer support services for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction. These are outpatient management, administrative healthcare, and workforce support services that fall outside the operative surgical scope the code nominally describes.

The mismatch between the code and the work being solicited suggests either a classification error in how these opportunities were tagged or a data quality issue at the point of posting. Because none of the recent opportunities involve sternotomy procedures or surgical resection services, this code shows little relevant recent activity for surgical contracting purposes. Issuers include county corrections systems (Muscogee County, Georgia), county benefits and human resources divisions (Collier County, Florida; Monroe County, Florida), county behavioral health departments (San Mateo County, California), and municipal emergency services (Santa Monica Fire Department, California). If your firm pursues healthcare delivery contracts at the county and municipal level, monitor this code's future activity; if you specialize in surgical services supply or operating-room staffing, the current tagging under this code appears unreliable for identifying genuine opportunities.