UNSPSC 85704514: Repair right patella, external approach

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

UNSPSC 85704514 Repair right patella, external approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes orthopedic surgical repair of the patella, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show little alignment with direct surgical intervention. Instead, the solicitations reflect procurement activity in occupational health surveillance, medical evaluations for disability determinations, specialty surgical networks for employee benefits, and temporary clinical staffing — all tangentially related to medical and surgical care but not patella repair itself. This disconnect suggests the code is being applied to broad medical and surgical administrative services rather than discrete surgical procedures.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span diverse state and local entities: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations), the City of Long Beach (surgical carve-out benefit administration for municipal employees), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (inpatient and specialty medical services for detained youth), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary ancillary clinical staffing). Geographic activity concentrates in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no clear geographic concentration. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix's RFP (RTMRFP26001) for disability medical record summary and independent medical evaluation services due October 16, 2026, budgeted at $750,000 over five years; the City of Long Beach's RFP (HR26753) for surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits due October 7, 2026; and the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP (RFP20260825) for occupational medical surveillance services due October 9, 2026 with pre-bid on August 31, 2026. The code shows recent activity but exhibits significant misalignment between its nominal scope and the work state and local governments are actually procuring under it.