UNSPSC 85693225: Replacement of left clavicle with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of left clavicle with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0PRB0KZ

UNSPSC 85693225, Replacement of left clavicle with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach, is a Commodity code that does not match the scope of recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, but the five recent opportunities tagged under it span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out networks, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical services for detained youth—none of which involve clavicle replacement or the delivery of surgical implant procedures. State and local buyers appear to have applied this code to health services and benefits administration work that falls outside orthopedic surgical implantation entirely. This mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the source system or that the code has been repurposed to classify health-care procurement broadly rather than retained for its original surgical specificity.

The recent opportunities that carry this code are issued by a mix of city pension boards, county health systems, county commissioners, state transportation departments, and county juvenile justice agencies across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Because the code is misaligned with the actual solicitations, pursuing opportunities under this Commodity code requires close examination of each individual posting to determine whether the underlying work fits the vendor's service capability—do not assume the UNSPSC label accurately describes the scope.