UNSPSC 85705242: Reposition right tarsal, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition right tarsal, 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 0QSL3ZZ

UNSPSC 85705242 Reposition right tarsal, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under it reflect no orthopedic or podiatric surgical services whatsoever. Instead, the opportunities posted under this code span inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical director services — none of which involve tarsal repositioning or percutaneous orthopedic intervention.

The mismatch between the code's clinical scope and the actual work being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding by the issuing bodies or that the code was applied incorrectly to health services contracts that fall outside orthopedic surgery. Issuing bodies include county correctional systems (Muscogee County, Georgia), county benefits procurement (Collier County, Florida), county health plan administration (Monroe County, Florida), county behavioral health authorities (San Mateo County, California), and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica, California). Geographic activity concentrates in Florida, Georgia, and California. No representative opportunities in orthopedic surgery, podiatry, or tarsal procedures appear in the recent posting record. This code presents no actionable procurement signal for vendors in surgical services or orthopedic specialties.