UNSPSC 85695018: Removal of synthetic substitute from left thumb phalanx, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of synthetic substitute from left thumb phalanx, 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 0PPS3JZ

UNSPSC 85695018, Removal of synthetic substitute from left thumb phalanx, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The six most recent opportunities in the source material—disability medical evaluations for public safety pension boards, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—do not align with the code's procedural orthopedic scope. The code describes a specific surgical procedure on the left thumb, yet the identified solicitations track insurance administration, occupational health monitoring, detention facility medical services, pharmacy management, and clinical staffing—none of which involve the removal of synthetic thumb implants or comparable orthopaedic procedures.

State and local procurement activity under this code is not evident in the available opportunities. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and recent solicitation activity suggests either that the code is rarely used by state and local bodies for the thumb replacement removals it names, or that the source material does not capture relevant orthopedic procedure procurement at this specificity level. Firms evaluating whether to pursue activity under this code should verify directly with target jurisdictions whether thumb-replacement removal procedures are being procured through state or local health system contracts, or whether related procedures are tagged with different codes in those procurement systems.