UNSPSC 85704643: Release left patella, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release left patella, open 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 0QNF0ZZ

UNSPSC 85704643 Release left patella, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally names a surgical procedure; however, recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show no activity aligned with orthopedic surgical intervention. Instead, the recent opportunities clustered under this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, specialty surgical benefits administration, emergency medical services for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve direct surgical procedures or related implants and supplies. The mismatch between the code's abstract name and the scope of recent procurements suggests either erratic application of the code by issuing bodies or that the code is being used as a catch-all placeholder for miscellaneous health services rather than as a taxonomy signal for orthopedic surgery work. State and local buyers issuing under this code include municipal retirement boards, county health systems, county commissioners' offices, state transportation departments, and county juvenile probation departments.

Recent activity is dispersed across multiple states with no concentration: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona) posted an RFP for independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations due October 16, 2026; the Washington State Department of Transportation solicited occupational medical surveillance services for ferry workers due October 9, 2026; the City of Long Beach (California) requested surgical benefit carve-out program proposals due October 7, 2026; and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California) opened a vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories due October 7, 2026. Collier County (Florida) issued an RFP for pharmacy benefit management services with historical spending of approximately $8.7 million annually, and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas) posted an RFI for specialty and emergency medical services for youth in custody due September 25, 2026. The code shows no coherent recent procurement signal and does not reliably indicate demand for the orthopedic surgical services the code nominally describes.