UNSPSC 85704313: Insertion of monoplanar external fixation device into left fibula, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of monoplanar external fixation device into left fibula, 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 0QHK4BZ

UNSPSC 85704313 Insertion of monoplanar external fixation device into left fibula, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific orthopedic surgical procedure—does not match the opportunities posted under this classification. Recent solicitations tagged to this code instead reflect health services administration, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and independent medical evaluation services for retirement and disability determinations. State and local buyers are procuring administrative and managed-care medical services, not implantable devices or surgical procedures. The issuing bodies include county retirement offices, city health benefit administrators, state transportation departments, county juvenile probation departments, and county health systems—a broad jurisdictional mix spanning municipal, county, and state government. The mismatch between the code's orthopedic device title and the actual scope of work being solicited suggests either data-tagging error or persistent miscoding within procurement systems.

Activity appears across Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) covering disability medical record review and examination scheduling for approximately 75 annual applications with a $750,000 five-year contract value; the City of Long Beach's RFP for a surgical procedure carve-out benefit program (HR26753, due October 7, 2026) offering Centers of Excellence networks for knee, hip, orthopedic, shoulder, spine, heart, weight loss, and oncology procedures to 3,800 enrolled employees; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026 with a pre-bid conference August 31, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). Given the persistent mismatch between the code title and posted opportunities, this code warrants review before allocating pursuit resources.