UNSPSC 85704507: Revision of synthetic substitute in right patella, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of synthetic substitute in right patella, external 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 0QWDXJZ

UNSPSC 85704507 Revision of synthetic substitute in right patella, external approach is a Commodity code that shows a fundamental mismatch between its medical device taxonomy label and the actual work being procured by state and local governments under this code. The recent solicitations tagged to this code do not describe orthopedic prosthetic procedures or device revision services. Instead, the opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation administration, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing pools, surgical carve-out benefit programs, and hospital-based emergency and specialty care for detained youth. None of these activities involve the surgical revision of synthetic knee prostheses that the code's name suggests. The mismatch indicates that this code either receives minimal relevant procurement activity or is being applied inconsistently by issuing bodies to health-related services that fall outside orthopedic implant supply and installation.

The geographic spread of the few recent opportunities reflects activity across Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation occupational medical surveillance), Arizona (City of Phoenix pension board disability evaluations), California (City of Long Beach surgical benefits carve-out, County of Santa Clara temporary health professional staffing), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department specialty medical services RFI), and Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management). Issuing bodies include state transportation departments, city retirement systems, county health systems, and county juvenile justice agencies. Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP 20260825 (occupational medical surveillance services for ferries personnel, due October 9, 2026, with a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026) and the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RTMRFP26001 (independent medical evaluation and disability record review services, due October 16, 2026, with a $750,000 five-year contract ceiling). The code shows little procurement activity genuinely aligned with orthopedic device procurement and should be monitored closely to determine whether tagging errors will persist or whether orthopedic implant revision work emerges in future cycles.