UNSPSC 85692005: Repair sternum, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair 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 0PQ00ZZ

UNSPSC 85692005 Repair sternum, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure, yet state and local government procurement activity under this code does not align with the code's nominal medical procedure scope. The recent opportunities tagged to this code involve comprehensive healthcare contracting — inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support services, and fire department medical director roles — none of which constitute sternum repair procedures. The mismatch suggests either persistent miscoding in source systems or use of this code as a catch-all placeholder for broader healthcare service procurement rather than as a true procedure-specific classifier.

Activity appears primarily concentrated among county health authorities and consolidated city-county governments in Florida and Georgia, though the geographic footprint is limited by the small number of opportunities and their apparent mislabeling. Recent solicitations include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP 26-0008 for inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison (due May 15, 2026), Collier County Board of County Commissioners' RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees (due April 9, 2026), Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services (due April 16, 2026), and Santa Monica Fire Department's RFP for a medical director (due October 16, 2025). San Mateo County in California also posted an RFP for peer support services for peer workers under mental health innovation funding (due July 2, 2025). Given the absence of actual sternum repair procurement activity, firms pursuing opportunities under this code should verify proper code classification before investing business development effort, as the current tagging does not reflect the code's intended scope.