UNSPSC 85692975: Removal of external fixation device from right radius, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of external fixation device from right radius, 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 0PPHX5Z

UNSPSC 85692975 Removal of external fixation device from right radius, external approach is a Commodity code that designates a specific surgical procedure — the extraction of an external fixation device from the right radius via external surgical approach. State and local procurement activity under this code does not reflect the narrow clinical scope of the code itself; recent opportunities show that state and local health systems, county correctional facilities, and county benefits administration bodies are actually procuring broad healthcare services — inmate medical and pharmacy management, pharmacy benefit administration, virtual primary and urgent care delivery, behavioral health peer support, and EMS medical direction — none of which maps cleanly to orthopedic device removal. The issuing bodies in recent solicitations are county corrections departments, county human resources and benefits divisions, county boards of commissioners managing employee health plans, county behavioral health services, and municipal fire departments. These bodies are buying bundled healthcare services contracts rather than discrete orthopedic procedures.

The geographic spread spans Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), Georgia (Columbus Consolidated Government for Muscogee County Prison), California (San Mateo County), and California (Santa Monica Fire Department). Recent representative opportunities include Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 for inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management services covering 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members (due April 9, 2026), Monroe County's RFP 628 for virtual primary and urgent care services for 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026), and Santa Monica Fire Department's RFP 455 for an EMS medical director (due October 16, 2025). The code shows sparse activity with recent postings that are substantively misaligned with the orthopedic device removal procedure the UNSPSC designation names; the mismatch suggests either tagging error in the source data or that the code is rarely used for state and local procurement in its intended scope.