UNSPSC 85703568: Supplement right lower femur with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement right lower femur with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous 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 0QUB37Z

UNSPSC 85703568, Supplement right lower femur with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that bears no meaningful relationship to the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure — autologous tissue grafting to the right femur via percutaneous approach — yet none of the six recent solicitations in the dataset involve procurement of that procedure, implants, surgical supplies, or related clinical services. Instead, the opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Ferries), independent disability medical evaluations (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), surgical benefit carve-out network management (City of Long Beach), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), temporary health professional staffing pools (County of Santa Clara Health System), and youth detention medical services (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department). These procurements center on healthcare administration, staffing, and benefits management rather than orthopedic surgical products or procedures.

The coding mismatch reflects a tagging error rather than active procurement demand under the code's nominal scope. State and local buyers soliciting under this UNSPSC code are not purchasing orthopedic implants, surgical instruments, or related procedure-specific items; the opportunities reflect administrative and staffing needs across multiple health systems and government agencies. Unless the source material reflects a systematic data quality issue affecting how this code is applied, the code shows no substantive recent activity aligned with its formal definition. Businesses evaluating pursuit should verify the actual scope of interest directly with issuing bodies rather than relying on the code classification alone.