UNSPSC 85713960: Fusion of left metacarpocarpal joint with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of left metacarpocarpal joint with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous 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 0RGT37Z

UNSPSC 85713960, Fusion of left metacarpocarpal joint with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code representing a narrow orthopedic surgical procedure. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not reflect the specific procedure named in the code's taxonomy. Instead, the opportunities cover occupational medical surveillance, disability medical record review and independent medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty surgical center-of-excellence networks, and youth detention facility medical services—none of which align with the code's stated scope of a specific hand-joint fusion technique. State and local buyers appear to have tagged these opportunities with a surgical-procedure code without meaningful relationship to the actual work being solicited.

The issuing bodies span multiple state and local entities: a municipal retirement office (City of Phoenix), a city employee health benefits buyer (City of Long Beach), a state transportation department (Washington State Department of Transportation), a county juvenile justice authority (Harris County), a county health system (Santa Clara County), and a county board of commissioners (Collier County). The geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Given the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being bought under it, this code shows little relevant recent procurement activity in state and local government for the orthopedic fusion procedure it nominally describes.