UNSPSC 85705314: Removal of external fixation device from left tarsal, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of external fixation device from left 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 0QPM35Z

UNSPSC 85705314 Removal of external fixation device from left tarsal, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with actual state and local procurement activity in the source material. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities tagged under it represent medical staffing, occupational surveillance, disability evaluation, and pharmacy benefit management — none of which involve the removal of external fixation devices or procedural billing. State and local issuers do not appear to use this code meaningfully for real procurement in the market; the mismatch between the code's clinical procedure scope and what governments are actually buying suggests either classification error or dormancy in this particular code's application to state and local contracts.

The recent opportunities instead reflect broader health services categories spanning independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations (City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP RTMRFP26001), surgical and medical procedure carve-out networks for municipal employees (City of Long Beach HR26753), occupational medical surveillance for state transportation employees (Washington State Department of Transportation RFP20260825), specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department RFI 071626BNM), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County RFP 25-8414), and temporary ancillary clinical staffing (County of Santa Clara Health System RFSQHHSFY270052). These reflect actual purchasing across Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, but they fall well outside the procedural code's nominal scope. Firms evaluating this code should recognize it as currently inactive for state and local procurement purposes and reallocate resources to higher-level UNSPSC families encompassing medical staffing, occupational health services, and benefit administration.