UNSPSC 85692423: Removal of synthetic substitute from sternum, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of synthetic substitute from sternum, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0PP04JZ

UNSPSC 85692423 Removal of synthetic substitute from sternum, percutaneous endoscopic approach (Commodity) does not match the work actually being solicited under this code in recent state and local opportunities. The posted solicitations span independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefits, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve cardiac surgical procedures or sternum repair. The code appears to be a clinical procedure classifier from a healthcare service taxonomy that state and local procurement offices have applied incorrectly to administrative and operational health services contracting; the mismatch suggests either data entry error or category miscoding rather than active procurement of the procedure named by the code itself.

The recent opportunities posted under this code span Arizona (Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Washington (State Department of Transportation), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), with issuing bodies including municipal retirement boards, county human resources and procurement divisions, state transportation departments, and county health systems. No concrete indication exists that state and local governments are actively purchasing sternum-repair procedures under this Commodity code at present.