UNSPSC 85704265: Removal of internal fixation device from left lower femur, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of internal fixation device from 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 0QPC44Z

UNSPSC 85704265 Removal of internal fixation device from left lower femur, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not align with state and local procurement activity reflected in recent opportunities. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet the six recent state and local solicitations tagged under it—spanning disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs, occupational medical surveillance, juvenile detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—represent administrative healthcare services, benefit program management, and workforce staffing rather than procedural device removal or operative services. State and local buying offices appear to have applied this code incorrectly to healthcare administration and occupational medicine contracts that fall outside its stated orthopedic surgical scope.

The code shows no coherent pattern of state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal commodity definition. Recent opportunities originate from diverse issuing bodies—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), City of Long Beach (California), Washington State Department of Transportation ferries division, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and Santa Clara County Health System (California)—but none solicits internal fixation device removal, orthopedic procedures, or operative services. The mismatch between the code's clinical definition and the administrative healthcare and staffing services actually being procured under it suggests either systematic miscoding or that this Commodity code is being used as a catch-all for healthcare-related state and local contracts that lack a more precise category match. Business development professionals should verify code alignment independently before pursuing opportunities tagged under this classification.