UNSPSC 85692979: Removal of external fixation device from right humeral shaft, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of external fixation device from right humeral shaft, 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 0PPFX5Z

UNSPSC 85692979 Removal of external fixation device from right humeral shaft, external approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. Recent solicitations tagged under this code do not reflect orthopedic surgical procedures or medical device removal; instead, they span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent disability medical evaluations, and surgery benefit carve-out programs. The code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure to remove an external fixation device from the upper arm—does not match the scope of work these state and local buyers are actually seeking. This mismatch suggests either a data classification error or that the code is used inconsistently by issuing bodies when tagging healthcare-related solicitations.

The recent opportunities originate from a geographically dispersed set of state and county health authorities and municipal retirement systems: the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance across 14 Washington locations), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations), the City of Long Beach (surgery benefit carve-out management), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (acute and specialty medical care for detained youth), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories). The issuing bodies include state departments, county boards, and municipal systems with no single repeat buyer dominating the code's recent activity. Given the lack of coherence between the code's defined commodity and the actual work being procured, business development professionals should verify the correct UNSPSC classification before committing resources to opportunities labeled under this code.