UNSPSC 85722188: Fusion of right tarsal joint with internal fixation device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of right tarsal joint with internal fixation device, 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 0SGH34Z

UNSPSC 85722188 (Fusion of right tarsal joint with internal fixation device, percutaneous approach) is a Commodity code that represents a specific surgical procedure classification, but recent state and local procurement activity shows no alignment with this clinical taxonomy. The solicitations tagged under this code are instead soliciting independent medical evaluation services, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, surgical benefits programs through Centers of Excellence, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth — none of which involve orthopedic surgical procedures or implantable devices. The code mismatch indicates either a systematic classification error in the source data or a procedurally unrelated application of the UNSPSC taxonomy to administrative and contracting health services rather than to the surgical intervention the code nominally describes.

State and local issuing bodies represented in the recent-opportunities block include county health systems (Santa Clara), city retirement boards (Phoenix), county commissioners (Collier County), state transportation agencies (Washington Department of Transportation), county juvenile justice authorities (Harris County), and city employee health programs (Long Beach), but none of these solicitations reference the tarsal fusion procedure code's actual scope. The geographic spread spans California, Arizona, Florida, Washington, and Texas, with activity concentrated in occupational health compliance, pharmacy administration, benefits program management, and temporary clinical staffing placement rather than in surgical device procurement or orthopedic intervention services. Without recent opportunities actually soliciting tarsal fusion surgery, internal fixation devices, or closely related surgical services, this code shows no meaningful state and local procurement activity and should be considered inactive for business development purposes.