UNSPSC 85703879: Insertion of external fixation device into right upper femur, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of external fixation device into right upper 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 0QH635Z

UNSPSC 85703879 Insertion of external fixation device into right upper femur, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope—a specific orthopedic surgical procedure—does not align with the state and local contract opportunities currently tagged under it. The recent solicitations indexed to this code address independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-outs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these activities involve the insertion of external fixation devices or orthopedic surgery procurement. The code shows little relevant recent activity; the mismatch between the code's clinical procedure scope and the health-services and staffing work actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding in the state and local procurement taxonomy or a technical error in how opportunities are being tagged to this code.

The solicitations span multiple issuing bodies—city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal health departments (Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county probation departments (Harris County), county human resources and benefits consortiums (Collier County), and county health systems (Santa Clara)—and geographic distribution across Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Without opportunities in the actual scope of the code, no assessment of market concentration or demand patterns can be made.