UNSPSC 85721663: Fusion of right metatarsal-phalangeal joint with external fixation device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of right metatarsal-phalangeal joint with external fixation device, 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 0SGM05Z

UNSPSC 85721663, Fusion of right metatarsal-phalangeal joint with external fixation device, open approach, is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its medical-procedure scope. The six most recent opportunities tagged under this code are all health-benefits and occupational-health solicitations—independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations (City of Phoenix), surgical carve-out benefit programs (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (County of Santa Clara)—none of which involve orthopedic joint fusion or external fixation devices as discrete procurable goods or services. The code's nominal name does not map to work actually being bought in the recent record.

State and local procurement activity under this code, when present at all, appears to be an artifact of broad categorization rather than targeted buying of the specific procedure or device family the code describes. No relevant recent opportunities exist for business development purposes; a pursuit strategy under this code would require either discovering solicitations in states or jurisdictions not represented in the most recent block or reconsidering whether the code itself is the right market segment for the product or service line in question.