UNSPSC 85721883: Supplement left tarsal joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left tarsal joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0SUJ3KZ

UNSPSC 85721883 Supplement left tarsal joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that carries a procedurally specific medical billing designation but shows no alignment with the actual work state and local governments are buying under this code identifier. Recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational and disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit management networks, pharmacy benefit administration, temporary health professional staffing pools, and emergency youth detention healthcare — none of which involve orthopedic joint procedures or implantable tissue substitutes. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal employee health programs (Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara County), county juvenile justice departments (Harris County), and county healthcare consortiums (Collier County). The actual work being solicited under this code designation ranges from independent medical record review and physician examination scheduling to Centers of Excellence network management for surgical procedures across multiple organ systems to occupational health surveillance programs requiring board certification in occupational medicine.

Geographic activity spans Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach, Santa Clara County, Collier County), Washington State, and Texas (Harris County), with response dates clustered in September and October 2026. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP 26001 for independent medical evaluation services with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years (due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP 20260825 for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFSQ HHS FY270052 for a multi-award temporary health professional staffing qualification vehicle across ancillary clinical specialties (due October 7, 2026). The code assignment appears to be a data-quality issue; the nominal procedure code does not correspond meaningfully to the healthcare administration, staffing, and benefit management services actually being procured, suggesting either miscoding by the issuing body or a taxonomy mismatch in the source system.