UNSPSC 85703852: Insertion of internal fixation device into right lower femur, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of internal fixation device into right lower femur, 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 0QHB34Z

UNSPSC 85703852 Insertion of internal fixation device into right lower femur, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical orthopedic procedure, but the six recent opportunities posted under this classification are for independent medical evaluation services (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), surgical benefit carve-out networks (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Department of Transportation), youth detention medical services (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and temporary health professional staffing (County of Santa Clara Health System). None of these solicitations involve internal fixation devices, orthopedic implants, or procedural supplies aligned with the code's stated scope.

The mismatch between the code's nominal definition and actual recent activity suggests either systematic misclassification by issuing bodies or a code-to-opportunity mapping error in the source data. Business development professionals evaluating this code should verify the correct UNSPSC classification for orthopedic implant procurement or consider whether state and local healthcare purchasing under this code title is occurring outside the recent-opportunities dataset. The geographic spread spans California, Arizona, Washington, Texas, and Florida, but without opportunities actually aligned to the code's scope, geographic concentration is not decision-relevant.