UNSPSC 85703167: Reposition left upper femur, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition left upper 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 0QS70ZZ

UNSPSC 85703167 Reposition left upper femur, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet the six recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs for Centers of Excellence, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody—none of which involves orthopedic repositioning surgery. The issuing bodies include state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county governments (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), and cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), indicating broad geographic and jurisdictional use of the code as a catchall for health services procurement despite nominal scope mismatch.

The code shows activity across Arizona (Phoenix Fire and Police Pension Boards disability medical evaluations, RFP response due October 16, 2026 at $750,000 over five years), California (Long Beach surgical benefit carve-out and Santa Clara County temporary health professional staffing, both proposals due October 7, 2026), Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department emergency and specialty medical services RFI, responses due September 25, 2026), and Washington (WSDOT occupational medical surveillance, proposals due October 9, 2026 with pre-bid conference August 31, 2026). The mismatch between code name and actual scope suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or use of the orthopedic procedure code as a default taxonomy placeholder for medical services contracts broadly. Vendors pursuing this code should verify the actual scope of each solicitation rather than relying on the UNSPSC code descriptor.