UNSPSC 85704129: Reposition left lower femur, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition left lower femur, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0QSC4ZZ

UNSPSC 85704129, Reposition left lower femur, percutaneous endoscopic approach (Commodity), shows a significant mismatch between its nominal scope—a specific orthopedic surgical procedure code—and the actual work state and local governments are procuring under this classification. Recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code cover independent medical evaluations, occupational health surveillance, specialty surgical benefit administration, pharmacy benefit management, emergency and inpatient medical services for youth in custody, and temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories. None of these directly align with reposition of a lower femur via percutaneous endoscopic technique. The issuing bodies span municipal pension systems, city health benefits offices, state transportation agencies, county juvenile detention systems, county health commissions, and regional public health systems. The code appears to have been applied broadly or incorrectly to administrative healthcare procurement rather than procedural clinical services.

Recent opportunities show geographic spread across Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Representative examples include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services with a $750,000 five-year maximum value (response due October 16, 2026); the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry locations (due October 9, 2026); the City of Long Beach's RFP for a surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit program for approximately 3,800 PPO enrollees (due October 7, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). Given the procedural nature of the code's nominal title versus the administrative and staffing focus of recent procurement activity, this code warrants caution—the classification may be systematically misapplied to healthcare administration work, or the code itself may be a data artifact that does not reflect genuine state and local market activity aligned with orthopedic surgical procedures.