UNSPSC 85693331: Insertion of internal fixation device into left radius, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of internal fixation device into 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 0PHJ04Z

UNSPSC 85693331 Insertion of internal fixation device into left radius, open approach is a Commodity code that does not match the work state and local governments are actually buying under this classification. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary clinical staffing — none of which involve orthopedic surgical procedures or implantable devices. This mismatch suggests either a data-tagging error in the procurement systems or that the code has been repurposed to capture a broad range of health services unrelated to its nominal scope.

The issuing bodies across these opportunities are geographically dispersed municipal and county agencies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California). No coherent pattern of recent activity under the stated code scope exists. State and local procurement professionals should treat this code as inactive or misclassified for orthopedic device procurement and verify the correct UNSPSC classification if medical device procurement is the intended target.