UNSPSC 85695220: Removal of external fixation device from left thumb phalanx, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of external fixation device from left thumb phalanx, 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 0PPS45Z

UNSPSC 85695220, "Removal of external fixation device from left thumb phalanx, percutaneous endoscopic approach," is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual work being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code—independent medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical carve-out networks—are administrative healthcare services, benefit management, and staffing coordination, not orthopedic surgical procedures. The mismatch suggests either a data-classification error in the state and local procurement system or a test case; the code's nominal scope bears no relationship to what issuing bodies are actually buying.

The recent opportunities span diverse issuing bodies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (pension board medical evaluations), the City of Long Beach (employee health plan management), the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medicine surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (youth detention healthcare), Collier County (pharmacy benefit administration), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary staffing qualification pools). Geographic activity centers on Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach, Santa Clara), Washington State (Ferries Division), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (response due October 16, 2026, contract maximum $750,000 over five years), WSDOT's RFQ for occupational medical surveillance across 14 Washington ferry locations (response due October 9, 2026, two-year term with extension options), and Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive qualification pool for temporary ancillary clinical staffing (response due October 7, 2026, no guaranteed volume). The code's current assignment to these healthcare management and staffing solicitations appears unaligned with its procedural nomenclature.