UNSPSC 85703814: Insertion of limb lengthening external fixation device into left fibula, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of limb lengthening external fixation device into left fibula, 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 0QHK38Z

UNSPSC 85703814 Insertion of limb lengthening external fixation device into left fibula, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code for a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show minimal alignment with the nominal scope. The six most recent solicitations tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical record summarization and independent medical examinations, pharmacy benefit management, specialty surgical center-of-excellence networks for public employees, temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which involve limb lengthening external fixation devices or the specific fibular procedure the code names. This mismatch suggests that either the code has been misapplied to a broad healthcare procurement taxonomy at the issuing agencies, or the state and local procurement offices using this code have tagged a wide range of healthcare services to it without precision alignment to the device-specific procedure it nominally describes.

The issuing bodies include county government (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), municipal government (City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach), state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), and health systems (Santa Clara Health System, HCJPD). Geographic spread covers Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for disability medical evaluation services (response due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years), the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical benefit and Center of Excellence network management (response due October 7, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 Washington ferry locations (response due October 9, 2026, with pre-bid conference August 31, 2026), Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management ($8.7 million estimated annual spend), and Santa Clara County's multiple-award RFSQ for temporary health professional staffing (response due October 7, 2026). The code shows substantive recent activity in healthcare procurement, but the opportunities reflect administrative and clinical staffing services rather than orthopedic device procurement or insertion procedures.