UNSPSC 85721357: Revision of nonautologous tissue substitute in right tarsal joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of nonautologous tissue substitute in right tarsal 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 0SWH0KZ

UNSPSC 85721357 Revision of nonautologous tissue substitute in right tarsal joint, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six most recent opportunities tagged under this code span independent medical evaluation services for public safety pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for state ferry workers, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve orthopedic tissue substitutes or joint revision procedures. The code's nominal scope (a specific surgical procedure on a specific joint) does not match the medical services, staffing, and benefit administration work actually being solicited by state and local buyers under this tag.

The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a data labeling error in the source. State and local procurement rarely buys individual surgical procedures as line-item commodities; such work is typically bundled within hospital service agreements, employee health benefits, or occupational health programs. If this code is being used to tag broad healthcare contracting activity, it has lost its specificity as a Commodity code. Buyers evaluating opportunities under this code should treat it as a signal of low precision and verify scope directly against RFP and RFQ documents before pursuing.