UNSPSC 85703165: Reposition right femoral shaft with external fixation device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition right femoral shaft with external fixation device, 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 0QS805Z

UNSPSC 85703165 Reposition right femoral shaft with external fixation device, open approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work actually being solicited by state and local governments under this designation. Recent opportunities tagged with this code instead cover occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, disability medical evaluations, surgical procedure carve-outs for employee health plans, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody — none of which align with orthopedic surgical procedure codes. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the procurement system or that this code has been repurposed as a catch-all for general medical services procurement by state and local issuing bodies. The issuing-body mix includes county commissioners' offices, municipal retirement boards, state transportation departments, county health systems, and county juvenile probation departments, indicating that medical-services procurement spans general government administration, employee benefits, occupational health, and specialized detention-facility healthcare.

Geographic activity concentrates in Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington State (Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County), with recent RFPs and RFQs posted between July and September 2026. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) covering disability benefit medical record review and physician examination coordination with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry-system locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), with a two-year term and cost-based evaluation; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFQ for a temporary health professional staffing qualified-vendor pool (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) covering 13 ancillary clinical specialties on a non-exclusive, multiple-award, non-guaranteed-volume basis. The code shows no relevant recent activity for the orthopedic surgical procedure it nominally describes.