UNSPSC 85702974: Removal of internal fixation device from right fibula, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of internal fixation device from right 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 0QPJX4Z

UNSPSC 85702974, Removal of internal fixation device from right fibula, external approach, is a Commodity code that shows a misalignment between its nominal scope—a specific orthopedic surgical procedure—and the actual state and local procurement activity being tagged under it. The recent opportunities posted against this code do not involve removal of internal fixation devices or orthopedic surgery at all. Instead, the issuing bodies are soliciting disability medical evaluation services, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure carve-out programs, and youth detention medical services. The code appears to be a cataloging error or legacy tagging artifact in the state and local procurement systems; no concrete recent solicitations match the code's stated medical procedure.

Given the absence of relevant recent activity under this code's actual scope, state and local procurement professionals should treat it as inactive for business development purposes. The geographic and issuing-body data drawn from these mistagged opportunities—including the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), City of Long Beach (California), Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and County of Santa Clara Health System (California)—offer no signal about demand for internal fixation device removal services. No RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB for orthopedic implant removal procedures appears in the recent record.