UNSPSC 85702984: Removal of internal fixation device from left femoral shaft, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of internal fixation device from left femoral shaft, 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 0QP9X4Z

UNSPSC 85702984, Removal of internal fixation device from left femoral shaft, external approach, is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful recent activity aligned with its specific procedural scope in state and local procurement. The six recent opportunities posted under this code—spanning Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington between July and September 2026—involve occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, specialty surgical carve-out networks, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations concern orthopedic surgical procedures or removal of internal fixation devices. The code appears to have been tagged incorrectly or used as a miscellaneous category by issuing offices; the mismatch between the code's nominal scope (a specific orthopedic surgical procedure) and the actual work being bought (administrative medical services, staffing, and benefit management) signals that this code is not a reliable indicator of procurement opportunity in its stated domain.

State and local buyers are not currently soliciting surgical procedure codes at the commodity level through traditional procurement notices. The misalignment suggests that health system procurement staff may be using UNSPSC 85702984 as a catch-all for miscellaneous health services rather than as a true procedural taxonomy. Business development firms pursuing orthopedic surgical services or device removals should monitor higher-tier UNSPSC families (80000000 range) or track health system RFPs and ITBs directly rather than rely on this commodity code for target identification. The recent activity does not support pursuit under the stated code.