UNSPSC 85693103: Resection of left radius, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to resection of left radius, 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 0PTJ0ZZ

UNSPSC 85693103 Resection of left radius, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure — excision of bone tissue from the forearm — yet the five most recent opportunities tagged under this code are unrelated to orthopedic surgery or any clinical procedure. Instead, they address inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care delivery, peer support worker training, and fire department medical director services. None of these solicitations involve resection of bone or operative orthopedic work. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the source data or that this Commodity code is not actively used to classify state and local health services procurement.

The recent opportunities do reveal substantial procurement activity in health services administration and management across state and local jurisdictions — specifically Muscogee County, Georgia; Collier County, Florida; Monroe County, Florida; San Mateo County, California; and the City of Santa Monica, California — but none correspond to the surgical procedure this code nominally describes. Absent opportunities that actually solicit resection services, implants, surgical instruments, or related orthopedic goods, this code shows no actionable procurement signal for vendors in the surgical services space.