UNSPSC 85704750: Excision of right patella, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right patella, percutaneous 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 0QBD3ZZ

UNSPSC 85704750 Excision of right patella, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show little alignment with orthopedic surgical services. Instead, the solicitations reflect a broader mix of healthcare administration and service delivery — inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support for mental health workers, and fire department medical direction. The code appears to be a misclassification artifact in state and local procurement tagging systems rather than a meaningful buying category for the surgical procedure the name describes. None of the recent opportunities actually procure orthopedic excision procedures or related surgical supplies.

The issuing bodies include county governments (Muscogee County, Collier County, Monroe County, and San Mateo County) and municipal fire services (Santa Monica), with activity concentrated in Georgia and Florida. The geographic spread reflects primarily Southern and Western jurisdictions, with no apparent concentration in a single state or region. Representative recent solicitations include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP for inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members (due April 9, 2026), and Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026). Given the consistent mismatch between the UNSPSC code's surgical nomenclature and the healthcare administration and managed care services actually being procured, state and local buyers pursuing this code should treat the tagging as unreliable and rely instead on direct market intelligence of healthcare procurement RFPs at target jurisdictions.