UNSPSC 85701015: Revision of synthetic substitute in right pelvic bone, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of synthetic substitute in right pelvic bone, external 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 0QW2XJZ

UNSPSC 85701015 Revision of synthetic substitute in right pelvic bone, external approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The recent solicitations tagged to this code reflect a substantial mismatch between the code's nominal scope—orthopedic surgical procedures on pelvic bone—and the work actually being solicited, which centers on occupational health surveillance, pension disability medical evaluation, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical procedure carve-out networks for employee benefit plans. None of the six recent opportunities involves procurement of or reimbursement for pelvic bone revision surgery or related implants.

The geographic spread of the mismatch is national: Phoenix (Arizona), Long Beach and Washington State (California), Washington State (ferries), Harris County (Texas), Collier County (Florida), and Santa Clara County (California) have all posted RFPs and RFIs during the past two months, but the work purchased reflects health plan administration, occupational medicine, and temporary staffing rather than orthopedic implants or surgical services. State and local agencies do contract for employee health benefits and occupational health surveillance, but the code as labeled does not appear to capture these procurements accurately. Vendors pursuing state and local work in occupational medicine, health plan administration, and employee benefit carve-outs should monitor those service families rather than rely on this orthopedic surgical commodity code for relevant opportunity flow.