UNSPSC 85713422: Insertion of external fixation device into right metacarpophalangeal joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of external fixation device into 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 0RHU05Z

UNSPSC 85713422, Insertion of external fixation device into right metacarpophalangeal joint, open approach, is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with state and local procurement activity. The three recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under this code—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations (City of Phoenix), surgical procedure carve-out benefit management for employee health plans (City of Long Beach), and occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers (Washington State Department of Transportation)—do not involve orthopedic surgical devices or metacarpophalangeal joint procedures. A fourth record, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department's RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, and a fifth, Collier County's pharmacy benefit management services RFP, are similarly unrelated to the device category. The code's nominal scope—a specific orthopedic surgical implant procedure—appears disconnected from the administrative healthcare contracting, benefits management, and occupational health services these jurisdictions are actually buying.

No recent state and local solicitations in the source material are purchasing orthopedic surgical devices, external fixation equipment, or hand surgery implants. The issuing bodies represented (Phoenix, Long Beach, Washington State, Harris County, Collier County, and Santa Clara County) are engaged in medical administration, occupational health compliance, benefits contracting, and staffing, not procurement of surgical hardware or implant supplies. Geographic activity is scattered across Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas, but none targets the specific commodity this code nominally represents. Without evidence of actual device procurement under this code, the category warrants a skip.