UNSPSC 85702929: Revision of external fixation device in right lower femur, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of external fixation device in right lower femur, 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 0QWBX5Z

UNSPSC 85702929 Revision of external fixation device in right lower femur, external approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged under it span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention medical services—none of which involve revision of external fixation devices or orthopedic procedures matching the code's scope. This mismatch suggests either a data-quality issue in how opportunities are tagged or that the code has been repurposed in the state and local taxonomy to capture broader medical and healthcare administration work unrelated to its stated orthopedic focus.

The opportunities themselves reflect diverse issuing bodies—municipal retirement offices, city HR departments, state transportation agencies, county juvenile justice and procurement offices, and county health systems—across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, but they do not materially describe the work that would actually fall under this Commodity code as named. Firms pursuing state and local contracts under this code should verify tagging accuracy with issuing bodies before investment in proposal development, as the current activity stream does not align with the code's orthopedic surgical device classification.