UNSPSC 85704415: Excision of left lower femur, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of 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 0QBC4ZZ

UNSPSC 85704415 Excision of left lower femur, percutaneous endoscopic approach, a Commodity code, does not align with state and local procurement activity visible in recent opportunities. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the solicitations tagged under it reflect healthcare service administration, occupational medicine, pharmacy benefits management, and temporary clinical staffing — none of which involve orthopedic surgery or procedural excision work. State and local governments are not soliciting the surgical procedure named in the code. Instead, they are procuring independent medical evaluation services, occupational health surveillance, Centers of Excellence surgical carve-outs for employee benefits, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit administration, and temporary ancillary health professional staffing.

The code shows no relevant recent activity. The Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Florida (Collier County), Texas (Harris County), and Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation) opportunities reflect administrative healthcare contracting, benefits management, occupational medicine, and staffing — functional categories fundamentally disconnected from orthopedic surgical procedures. This mismatch suggests either a data-tagging error in the source system or that the code has been misapplied to capture healthcare services broadly rather than the specific surgical intervention the code name denotes. Firms pursuing state and local health and human services contracts would not navigate business development under this code.