UNSPSC 85705157: Destruction of left toe phalanx, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left toe phalanx, 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 0Q5R0ZZ

UNSPSC 85705157 Destruction of left toe phalanx, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, but the six recent state and local opportunities tagged to it span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure carve-out networks, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. None of these solicitations concern podiatric or orthopedic procedures; the mismatch between the code's clinical name and the work actually being procured suggests that the code is either misapplied by the issuing bodies or does not reflect the operational procurement activity under this taxonomy entry.

The recent opportunities, while tagged to this code, represent diverse buying patterns across public health systems, municipal pension offices, county human resources departments, and state agencies—none of which are soliciting surgical destruction of toe phalanges. The geographic spread spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, but this geographic distribution reflects the unrelated health services and staffing work being bought, not procurement under the stated code. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for operational state and local procurement purposes.