UNSPSC 85703416: Excision of right lower femur, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right 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 0QBB0ZZ

UNSPSC 85703416, Excision of right lower femur, open approach (Commodity), does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure; however, the recent opportunities tagged to it span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for public-safety pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefit programs for municipal employees, specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary clinical staffing. None of these solicitations directly procure or contract for excision of femur procedures. The mismatch suggests either a classification error in the source data or that the code is being used as a catch-all medical services category without alignment to its stated commodity definition.

The recent opportunities do show activity across diverse issuing bodies — the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System — spanning Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. Geographic spread and issuing-body diversity are evident, but the opportunities do not represent coherent procurement activity under the code's stated scope. A business development professional should treat this code as misclassified or dormant for direct procurement purposes and verify the applicable codes for medical services, occupational health, or employee health benefit programs before committing pursuit resources.