UNSPSC 85703286: Removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from right upper femur, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from right 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 0QP60KZ

UNSPSC 85703286 Removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from right upper femur, open approach is a Commodity code that maps poorly to recent state and local procurement activity. The code's clinical specificity—a particular orthopedic surgical procedure involving prosthetic material removal—does not align with the scope of work state and local governments have recently solicited under this classification. Recent opportunities posted under this code address occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, specialty surgical networks, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention healthcare services. These are health services administration, benefits management, and workforce staffing activities that bear no operational relationship to a specific orthopedic removal procedure. State and local procurement offices appear to have tagged these opportunities with a procedure code rather than administrative or staffing codes, suggesting either a data entry misclassification or a mismatch between the taxonomy and how issuing bodies are applying it.

The mismatch between code definition and actual procurement makes this category unreliable for business development targeting. No recent opportunities actually solicit orthopedic device removal, surgical implant services, or related clinical supplies. The Phoenix Retirement Office sought independent medical evaluation services for disability determinations; the City of Long Beach requested a surgical carve-out network manager to coordinate Centers of Excellence across multiple procedure types; the Washington State Ferries contracted occupational health surveillance; Harris County Juvenile Probation issued an RFI for general emergency and specialty hospital services for detained youth; Collier County procured pharmacy benefit management; and Santa Clara Health System established a temporary staffing pool for ancillary health professionals. Issuing bodies span state agencies, counties, cities, and special-purpose health systems across Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Unless this code is intended to capture health benefits administration and clinical staffing broadly—a scope that would require recoding these opportunities—the category shows little relevant recent activity for vendors positioned in orthopedic device supply, surgical services, or implant removal.