UNSPSC 85721684: Fusion of right tarsal joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of right tarsal joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0SGH0KZ

UNSPSC 85721684, Fusion of right tarsal joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach, is a Commodity code that shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its clinical service scope. The recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect instead medical management, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit administration, emergency healthcare coordination, and temporary clinical staffing — none of which involve orthopedic surgical procedures or tissue-substitute implants. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (a specific surgical procedure) and the actual work being solicited indicates that state and local procurement offices are using this code inconsistently or incorrectly in their public opportunity records.

The six most recent opportunities in the dataset span Phoenix (independent medical evaluation services for disability retirement determinations); Long Beach (surgical procedure carve-out benefit management through centers of excellence); Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance); Harris County Juvenile Probation (emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth); Collier County (pharmacy benefit management); and Santa Clara County Health System (temporary clinical staffing across ancillary specialties). None of these solicitations request or reference orthopedic surgery, joint fusion procedures, or tissue-substitute implants. Unless state and local procurement offices begin tagging actual surgical-procedure work to this code, pursuing it in its current form will not yield relevant contract opportunities.