UNSPSC 85713204: Resection of right metacarpophalangeal joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to resection of right metacarpophalangeal joint, 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 0RTU0ZZ

UNSPSC 85713204 Resection of right metacarpophalangeal joint, open approach is a Commodity code that sits at odds with the actual state and local procurement activity tagged to it. The recent opportunities attributed to this surgical-procedure code involve occupational health surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical center-of-excellence carve-out programs, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which represent joint resection procedures or orthopedic surgery execution. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work being solicited suggests that either the code has been misapplied by issuing bodies or the taxonomy assignment is inaccurate; state and local procurement offices rarely solicit surgical procedures themselves as line-item deliverables.

The recent opportunities do reflect genuine state and local health-services purchasing across multiple jurisdictions and issuing body types. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), City of Long Beach (California), Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and County of Santa Clara Health System (California) each posted solicitations in August and September 2026 for administrative medical services, benefit management, temporary staffing placement, and healthcare access—functions typically categorized elsewhere in UNSPSC health and human services families. The code shows no relevant recent activity aligned with its stated commodity definition and should not be treated as an active procurement category for surgical services at the state and local level.