UNSPSC 85714152: Revision of autologous tissue substitute in left carpal joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of autologous tissue substitute in left carpal joint, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0RWR47Z

UNSPSC 85714152 Revision of autologous tissue substitute in left carpal joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local activity, bears no alignment with the code's nominal medical procedure description. The code appears in procurement databases but does not correspond to the work state and local governments are actually buying under this classifier. Recent opportunities tagged to this code span independent medical evaluations for public safety pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve orthopedic tissue revision or carpal joint procedures. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or that this code is used as a catch-all for medical services outside its intended scope.

The issuing bodies reflect the breadth of state and local healthcare purchasing: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (pension disability medical evaluations), the City of Long Beach (employee health plan surgical benefits), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (occupational health surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty care for detained youth), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary clinical staffing). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Because the code does not reflect the actual scope of work being solicited, business development professionals should treat this code as unsuitable for targeting procurement opportunities in medical services and verify the correct UNSPSC classification for specific service lines before pursuing opportunities.