UNSPSC 85713552: Extirpation of matter from left metacarpocarpal joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from left metacarpocarpal 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 0RCT0ZZ

UNSPSC 85713552 Extirpation of matter from left metacarpocarpal joint, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure on the hand, but the most-recent opportunities posted under this code — independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — bear no relation to orthopedic hand surgery. The mismatch suggests either a cataloging error in the source data or a fundamental misalignment between the code's surgical scope and how state and local agencies are actually tagging health-care-adjacent procurement activity.

No state and local solicitations for hand surgery services, orthopedic procedure capacity, or related surgical-supply or surgical-services contracting appear in the recent record. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for state and local procurement purposes and verify code alignment with issuing bodies before pursuing opportunities nominally tagged under it.