UNSPSC 85713557: Excision of right finger phalangeal joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right 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 0RBW0ZZ

UNSPSC 85713557, Excision of right finger phalangeal joint, open approach, is a Commodity code that does not align with state and local government procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure—a clinical intervention rather than a procurable product or service. Recent state and local opportunities posted under this code address occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-outs for employee health plans, and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve finger joint excision or any specific surgical procedure; the code appears to have been applied incorrectly to health services administration and benefits management contracts rather than to direct medical interventions.

The mismatch indicates that this code sees little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope. State and local governments do procure health services, medical staffing, and benefits administration under other UNSPSC families, but the specific surgical-procedure commodity in this code does not map to work actually being solicited by state departments, counties, cities, or public health systems. The opportunities in the recent block—Phoenix's disability medical evaluation RFP, Washington State Ferries' occupational surveillance services, Long Beach's surgery benefit carve-out, Santa Clara County's temporary health professional staffing, and Harris County's youth detention medical services—represent health services contracting, not procurement of surgical procedures as discrete line items.