UNSPSC 85703022: Revision of synthetic substitute in left lower femur, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of synthetic substitute in left lower femur, open 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 0QWC0JZ

UNSPSC 85703022 Revision of synthetic substitute in left lower femur, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but state and local government solicitations posted under this code do not target orthopedic implant procurement or surgical services aligned with that scope. Instead, recent opportunities tagged to this code cover occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure carve-out benefit administration, and youth detention healthcare coordination—none of which involve revision of femoral prosthetics or related orthopedic implants.

The mismatch between the code's clinical focus and the actual work being solicited reflects a tagging artifact rather than a genuine market signal under this code. State and local procurement offices occasionally apply UNSPSC codes that do not align with opportunity scope; here, healthcare service categories were applied where they did not belong. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for direct procurement purposes and note the tagging discrepancy for internal taxonomy feedback. The issuing bodies in the recent block—the City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and County of Santa Clara Health System—are buying healthcare administrative and staffing services, not medical devices or surgical consumables. No meaningful geographic, issuing-body, or work-scope pattern emerges that would support pursuit under UNSPSC 85703022 as presently defined.