UNSPSC 85704660: Destruction of right patella, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right 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 0Q5D0ZZ

UNSPSC 85704660 Destruction of right patella, open approach (Commodity) shows a fundamental mismatch between its clinical procedure code and recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical destruction of the right kneecap via open surgical approach—a specific orthopedic procedure typically classified in medical billing and health plan terminology—yet the most recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code are administrative healthcare services procurement, not surgical procedure delivery. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office is soliciting independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations under Arizona's Public Safety Personnel Retirement System, the City of Long Beach is requesting proposals for a surgical procedure carve-out benefit program managing Centers of Excellence networks for employee health plans, the Washington State Department of Transportation (on behalf of Washington State Ferries) is requesting occupational medical surveillance services, and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations concern performing or billing for destruction of the patella; instead, they reflect healthcare administration, medical examination coordination, benefit program management, and medical service procurement at the organizational level.

The geographic spread across these records spans Arizona, California, Washington, and Texas, reflecting activity primarily among county and municipal health systems, state transportation agencies, and county-level benefit administrators. The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its stated clinical scope. If your firm focuses on orthopedic surgery delivery, surgical center operations, or medical device and instrument supply for orthopedic procedures, this code should be skipped; the recent tagging appears to reflect miscoding rather than a working procurement market for the procedure itself. If your firm provides healthcare administration services—medical record management, benefits consulting, occupational health coordination, or temporary clinical staffing—the related family-level codes (such as those covering healthcare professional services or medical administration) will yield more accurate signals than this specific commodity code.