UNSPSC 85703773: Removal of autologous tissue substitute from left femoral shaft, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of autologous tissue substitute from left femoral shaft, 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 0QP937Z

UNSPSC 85703773 Removal of autologous tissue substitute from left femoral shaft, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, but the six recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code solicit medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational health surveillance, surgical procedure carve-out networks, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency youth detention healthcare—none of which involve removal of autologous tissue or percutaneous femoral procedures. The code appears to have been applied inconsistently or in error across these solicitations, and state and local governments show no recent buying activity under the code's actual scope.

The mismatch between the code's technical clinical description and the opportunities posted suggests either a data classification error in the issuing bodies' systems or a broader taxonomy issue. The actual recent activity—primarily from Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington (Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County)—centers on administrative and operational healthcare services rather than surgical procedures. Until state and local procurement offices apply this code correctly to relevant orthopedic or surgical procedure RFPs, the Commodity code does not signal active procurement demand for the work it nominally describes.