UNSPSC 85694165: Replacement of right ulna with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right ulna with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0PRK4JZ

UNSPSC 85694165 Replacement of right ulna with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach (Commodity) shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities associated with this code—independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, specialty surgical procedure carve-outs, and temporary health professional staffing—are administrative healthcare services, benefits management, and workforce deployment functions that do not align with orthopedic surgical implant procurement or surgical procedure supply chains. The code appears to have been misapplied to opportunities that involve medical service contracting rather than implant or device acquisition.

State and local bodies issuing under this code should be evaluated on the basis of actual procurement need; the source material does not support active purchasing of the specific product or service the code nominally describes. Buyers include city retirement boards (City of Phoenix), large municipalities and their health systems (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county corrections authorities (Harris County), and county benefits consortiums (Collier County), but none are acquiring the medical device or procedure specified by the commodity code. Without clear evidence of state and local demand for this particular orthopedic implant or surgical approach, pursuit of opportunities under this code is not warranted.