UNSPSC 85715001: Fusion of left temporomandibular joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of left temporomandibular joint, 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 0RGD3ZZ

UNSPSC 85715001 Fusion of left temporomandibular joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under its nominal scope. The code's title names a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent solicitations tagged to it—independent medical evaluation services for pension benefit determinations, surgical carve-out benefit programs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—do not involve fusion surgery or temporomandibular joint procedures. The mismatch suggests either inconsistent coding by issuing bodies or a tagging error in the data source.

The issuing bodies span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), counties (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), and cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), with no standout repeat buyers under this code. Geographic activity includes Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas, but concentrated in the recent opportunities around occupational and employee health services rather than surgical procedures. No solicitations in the recent-opportunities block actually request temporomandibular joint fusion or related orthopedic surgical services; the closest orthopedic work appears in the Long Beach RFP's carve-out for knee, hip, shoulder, and spine procedures through Centers of Excellence. Until the coding alignment improves, this code does not reliably signal procurement demand for fusion-surgery services in state and local markets.