UNSPSC 85704459: Destruction of left upper femur, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left upper 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 0Q574ZZ

UNSPSC 85704459 Destruction of left upper femur, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual work state and local governments are buying under this classification. The recent opportunities tagged to this code concern medical evaluation and occupational health surveillance services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical procedure networks — none of which align with the code's nominal scope of orthopedic surgical destruction procedures. The mismatch suggests either a systematic tagging error in the procurement source or a fundamental misclassification of the code itself within the state and local taxonomy. No recent state and local opportunities are actually soliciting orthopedic surgical destruction services under this code.

The tagged opportunities instead span independent medical evaluation services for public safety disability retirements, occupational medical surveillance for ferry system workers, surgical procedure carve-out benefits for municipal employees, pharmacy benefit management for county health consortia, and temporary ancillary clinical staffing. Issuing bodies include the City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County, and Santa Clara County Health System — a mix of city human resources operations, state transportation agencies, county health systems, and public safety pension boards. Geographic activity concentrates in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no secondary jurisdiction pattern evident. The code shows material recent solicitation volume but carries no decision-relevant procurement signal for vendors in orthopedic surgical services.