UNSPSC 85694723: Repair left metacarpal, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair left metacarpal, 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 0PQQ0ZZ

UNSPSC 85694723 Repair left metacarpal, open approach is a Commodity code that sits at odds with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The code nominally describes an orthopedic surgical procedure for fracture repair, yet the opportunities in the source dataset show no connection to orthopedic services, surgical repair, or inpatient hospital procurement. Instead, the code has been applied to five unrelated solicitations spanning inmate medical services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary care, peer support services, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve metacarpal repair or open-approach orthopedic interventions. This mismatch suggests either a miscoding error in the state and local procurement systems that apply UNSPSC tags to these opportunities or a fundamental disconnect between the code's nominal scope and how it is being used in practice at the jurisdiction level.

The recent opportunities show activity across four states — Georgia (Muscogee County Prison inmate medical and pharmacy services, posted April 15, 2026, RFP due May 15, 2026); Florida (Collier County Pharmacy Benefit Management, RFP due April 9, 2026; Monroe County Virtual Primary and Urgent Care Services, RFP due April 16, 2026); California (San Mateo County Peer Support for Peer Workers, RFP due July 2, 2025); and California again (Santa Monica Fire Department Medical Director, RFP due October 16, 2025). The issuing bodies include county government purchasing offices, county behavioral health departments, and municipal fire departments. Because the code's nominal scope and the actual work solicited are unrelated, this code presents minimal relevance for vendors offering orthopedic surgical repair services or related medical devices. Pursuit under this code would require verification with issuing jurisdictions that the UNSPSC tag accurately reflects their procurement intent.