UNSPSC 85713409: Insertion of spacer into left finger phalangeal joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of spacer into left finger phalangeal 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 0RHX08Z

UNSPSC 85713409 Insertion of spacer into left finger phalangeal joint, open approach is a Commodity code that the source indicates is being tagged to state and local medical and occupational health solicitations that do not align with orthopedic joint procedures. Recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code are requesting independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs—none of which involve orthopedic implant insertion or finger joint surgery. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (a specific orthopedic surgical procedure) and the actual work being solicited suggests either consistent miscoding or a data categorization error. No recent state and local opportunities reflect procurement of orthopedic spacer devices or related joint-surgery services.

The issuing bodies include county health systems (Santa Clara County Health System, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), a state transportation department (Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries), city retirement offices (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), and county government (Collier County). Geographic activity appears across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington based on the posted solicitations. Because the code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal commodity scope, pursuing opportunities under this code would require verification that mistagged procurements represent actual buying patterns or that the code definition itself has shifted away from orthopedic procedures in state and local classification practice.