UNSPSC 85703310: Release right upper femur, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release 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 0QN60ZZ

UNSPSC 85703310 Release right upper femur, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal alignment with orthopedic surgery itself. The code does not appear in active use for state and local government procurement of surgical services or implants. Instead, the few opportunities tagged to this code reflect health benefit administration, occupational medicine, and medical staffing — services that fall outside the scope of the code's surgical nomenclature. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office posted an RFP for independent medical evaluation services focused on disability benefits determinations for public safety retirees, the City of Long Beach sought proposals for a surgical procedure carve-out benefit program covering Centers of Excellence networks for multiple procedure types (knee, hip, shoulder, spine, heart, oncology), the Washington State Department of Transportation's Ferries division requested occupational medical surveillance services for shipyard and vessel workers, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, and Santa Clara County Health System solicited temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories. None of these procurements directly engage orthopedic implants, device procurement, or surgical supply chains.

The issuing bodies span state departments, counties, and municipal utilities, with no apparent pattern of repeat procurement under this code. Geographic activity is dispersed across Arizona, California, Washington, and Texas, with no concentration in any single jurisdiction or region. Given the mismatch between the code's surgical-procedure nomenclature and the administrative, occupational-health, and staffing services that appear in recent opportunities, this code shows little relevant recent activity for firms pursuing state and local surgical device, implant, or orthopedic supply contracts. Vendors in those markets would benefit from validating the actual UNSPSC codes under which health systems and purchasing cooperatives tag orthopedic procedure implants and related surgical supplies, as the current coding appears to have driven procurement opportunities unrelated to the code's nominal scope.