UNSPSC 85711138: Supplement right sternoclavicular joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement right sternoclavicular joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0RUE0KZ

UNSPSC 85711138 Supplement right sternoclavicular joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach, a Commodity code, shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes an orthopedic surgical procedure involving joint supplementation with synthetic tissue, yet the six recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical center-of-excellence networks, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve joint reconstruction, surgical implants, or the specific procedure the code names. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by the issuing bodies or a data classification error upstream of these opportunities.

State and local issuers posting under this code include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (pension disability evaluations), the City of Long Beach (surgery carve-out benefit management), the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational health surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency medical services), Collier County (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary clinical staffing). Recent opportunities span Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. Given the absence of procurement activity that actually matches the code's stated scope—no recent RFPs, RFQs, ITBs, or IFBs for sternoclavicular joint implants or related surgical supplies from any state or local jurisdiction—this code does not present a meaningful pursuit opportunity for vendors in orthopedic implants or joint supplementation products.