UNSPSC 85703634: Reposition left lower femur with external fixation device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition left lower femur with external fixation device, 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 0QSC35Z

UNSPSC 85703634 Reposition left lower femur with external fixation device, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that the source does not support with relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six most recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational and disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, health professional temporary staffing, surgical care networks, and youth detention medical services — none of which align with orthopedic surgical procedures or external fixation device placement. The Phoenix Retirement Office RFP seeks independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations; the City of Long Beach RFP solicits surgical procedure carve-out benefits and Centers of Excellence networks; the Washington State Department of Transportation requests occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department is gathering information on emergency and specialty care for detained youth; Collier County seeks pharmacy benefit management administration; and Santa Clara County Health System is building a vendor pool for temporary ancillary clinical staffing across audiology, cardiology, radiology, and other non-surgical specialties. These solicitations reflect state and local government purchasing in health administration, benefits management, occupational health compliance, and clinical staffing — categories that bear no operational relationship to orthopedic surgical repair or device fixation.

The code shows no current procurement activity aligned with its stated scope. State and local buyers do not appear to be soliciting this specific surgical procedure or the equipment and services required to perform it. This may indicate that the UNSPSC classification was applied in error by the source systems, or that procurement in this commodity category operates through different channels — such as health system capital equipment purchases, group purchasing organization contracts, or vendor-direct arrangements managed outside traditional RFP cycles. No response date, geographic concentration, or issuing-body pattern supports active market opportunity under this code at present.