UNSPSC 85703808: Release right femoral shaft, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release right 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 0QN83ZZ

UNSPSC 85703808 Release right femoral shaft, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful state and local procurement activity aligned with its clinical scope. The recent opportunities posted under this code—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefits carve-outs, occupational medical surveillance, specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—do not involve orthopedic surgical procedures or femoral shaft release. The code appears to have been applied to these opportunities without connection to the actual work being solicited, suggesting either a cataloging mismatch in the issuing bodies' systems or use of the code as a broad catch-all for medical service procurement.

State and local procurement activity that genuinely tracks to this Commodity code is not evident in the source material. The opportunities span Arizona (Phoenix Retirement Office, independent medical evaluations; Harris County, specialty medical services for youth detention), California (Long Beach, surgical benefits; Santa Clara County, temporary health professional staffing), Washington (Department of Transportation Ferries, occupational medical surveillance), and Florida (Collier County, pharmacy benefit management), but none solicit orthopedic surgical services, physician execution of femoral shaft procedures, or related clinical supplies and instruments. A business development professional evaluating this code for state and local pursuit should verify whether the code is correctly classified in the agencies' procurement systems before committing resources to pursuit.