UNSPSC 85702961: Repair left fibula, external approach

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

UNSPSC 85702961 Repair left fibula, external approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes orthopedic surgical repair of a specific bone fracture using an external surgical approach—a narrow clinical procedure typically performed within hospital or surgical center settings rather than procured as a standalone service by government agencies. The five recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code are actually procuring comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support services for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical directorship—none of which involve orthopedic surgery or fibula repair. The mismatch between the code's technical surgical scope and the actual work being solicited suggests either broad tagging practices by jurisdictions unfamiliar with surgical-procedure taxonomy or a data-classification inconsistency within the UNSPSC dataset itself.

The issuing bodies across these five opportunities span diverse jurisdictions: Columbus Consolidated Government (county detention services), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (county employee benefits), Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (county employee benefits), San Mateo County Health (behavioral health services), and Santa Monica Fire Department (municipal emergency services). Geographic activity is concentrated in Florida (Collier and Monroe Counties) and California (San Mateo County), with individual opportunities in Georgia and California. Representative solicitations include Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP 26-0008 for inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management covering approximately 7,200 covered members at historical annual spending of $8.7 million (due April 9, 2026), and Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for approximately 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026). The code does not appear to reflect genuine orthopedic procurement demand at the state and local level.