UNSPSC 85722625: Insertion of spacer into left metatarsal-tarsal joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of spacer into left metatarsal-tarsal joint, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0SHL48Z

UNSPSC 85722625 Insertion of spacer into left metatarsal-tarsal joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code's nominal scope — a specific orthopedic surgical procedure — does not align with the recent opportunities tagged to it, which instead solicit health insurance administration, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing, and disability medical evaluation services. These are fundamentally different procurements: they involve program administration, network management, and staffing coordination rather than provision of a discrete surgical intervention. State and local governments do not solicit orthopedic implant insertion as a contract line item; such services flow through patient care delivery or insurance network arrangements, not through standalone RFPs and RFQs.

The recent opportunities posted under this code reflect issuing bodies in Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida — a City retirement office (Phoenix), municipal employee benefit programs (Long Beach), a state transportation agency (Washington State Department of Transportation), a county juvenile detention health services inquiry (Harris County), a county benefits consortium (Collier County), and a county health system (Santa Clara) — but none of them are actually buying the procedural service the code nominally describes. The code appears to be a data-quality issue in the source system rather than an active procurement category for state and local vendors. Firms pursuing state and local contracts should flag this code in their taxonomy-monitoring tools and focus competing resources on the relevant health-services codes — medical staffing, benefits administration, and occupational health services — where the actual demand exists.