UNSPSC 85693610: Reposition right ulna with ring external fixation device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition right ulna with ring external fixation device, percutaneous 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 0PSK3CZ

UNSPSC 85693610 (Reposition right ulna with ring external fixation device, percutaneous approach), a Commodity code, shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure involving orthopedic hardware placement, yet the five most recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this code reflect healthcare administration, benefits management, and clinical services delivery — inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer mental health support, and fire department medical direction. None of these solicitations involve orthopedic surgery, external fixation devices, or the percutaneous repositioning of forearm bones. The mismatch between the code's narrow clinical focus and the broad healthcare service categories under which these opportunities were classified suggests either systematic miscoding at the source or use of this commodity code as a catch-all placeholder for health services procurement.

State and local healthcare purchasers across Florida, Georgia, and California have posted RFPs for medical and administrative services in recent months — the Columbus Consolidated Government's Muscogee County Prison medical and pharmacy contract (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's pharmacy benefit management services (due April 9, 2026), Monroe County's virtual primary and urgent care services (due April 16, 2026), San Mateo County's peer support pilot (due July 2, 2025), and Santa Monica Fire Department's medical director engagement (due October 16, 2025) — but none involve the surgical procedure or device category the code describes. If your firm pursues orthopedic surgery supply or services in the state and local space, this code does not reflect active procurement opportunity and warrants close attention to actual commodity coding at prospective agencies.