UNSPSC 85693700: Long bones arm, percutaneous approach-part C

This class includes one or more of 17 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the long bones of the arm with percutaneous approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 0P.

UNSPSC 85693700 Long bones arm, percutaneous approach-part C is a Class code, but recent state and local procurement activity shows little substantive alignment with the nominal code scope. The opportunities posted under this code span independent medical evaluations for public safety pension disability determinations, surgical and medical procedure carve-outs for municipal health plans, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which are orthopedic procedures or arm-surgery-specific interventions. The issuing bodies are diverse: municipal pension offices, city human resources divisions, state transportation departments, county juvenile justice systems, county health consortiums, and county health systems. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being bought suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or a misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how these jurisdictions classify healthcare and occupational medicine services.

The recent opportunities are geographically dispersed across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no concentration in any single state. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026) to support disability determinations for approximately 75 annual public safety pension applications, with a five-year maximum value of $750,000; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services for ferry system employees across 14 Washington locations (due October 9, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026), establishing a non-exclusive multiple-award qualified vendor pool with no guaranteed minimum. Given the code's apparent misuse, pursuing opportunities under this code requires verification that the actual work scope aligns with your firm's service capabilities rather than reliance on the code's stated name.