UNSPSC 85693360: Insertion of hybrid external fixation device into right humeral head, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of hybrid external fixation device into right humeral head, 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 0PHC0DZ

UNSPSC 85693360 Insertion of hybrid external fixation device into right humeral head, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no alignment with state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure — the implantation of a hybrid external fixation device in the proximal humerus via open surgical approach — yet recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code solicit health services administration, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing, and independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations. None of these services involve orthopedic device insertion or operative procedures matching the code's clinical specification.

The recent-opportunities block contains six records posted between July and September 2026, spanning Arizona (Phoenix Retirement Office medical evaluations), California (City of Long Beach surgical benefit carve-out, Santa Clara County temporary health staffing), Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation emergency medical services), and Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation occupational medical surveillance). The heterogeneous scope across these jurisdictions — from PBM administration to occupational health screening to pension benefit assessment — suggests either systematic miscoding of health-services procurements or assignment of this device-specific code to a broader family of healthcare contracting. The code as currently applied does not represent a discrete market for orthopedic device procurement; business development professionals should treat this code as materially misaligned with its UNSPSC definition and verify actual commodity coding with state and local procurement offices before pursuing activity under this category.