UNSPSC 85693361: Insertion of ring 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 ring 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 0PHC0CZ

UNSPSC 85693361 (Insertion of ring external fixation device into right humeral head, open approach), a Commodity code, shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with the specific surgical procedure named in the code's abstract definition. The recent opportunities tagged to this code—medical evaluation services for public safety pension systems, surgical carve-out benefits management, occupational health surveillance, specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit administration, and temporary health professional staffing—represent health plan administration, occupational medicine, and clinical staffing services rather than orthopedic implant procurement or surgical device installation. State and local governments do procure health benefits, medical services, and staffing, but they do not typically buy individual surgical procedures or implant devices through direct procurement notices; such services are ordinarily delivered through insurance networks, health plans, or employed provider relationships. The code appears to be misapplied to the opportunities shown.

The recent opportunities in the dataset span Arizona (City of Phoenix pension boards), California (City of Long Beach, Santa Clara County Health System), Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and Florida (Collier County), but none involve procurement of the specific surgical device or procedure described in the code's title. Without recent opportunities genuinely aligned to the code's scope, no meaningful assessment of issuing-body concentration, geographic demand, or market activity for ring external fixation devices in state and local contracting is possible from this source.