UNSPSC 85722916: Removal of internal fixation device from left knee joint, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of internal fixation device from left knee joint, external 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 0SPDX4Z

UNSPSC 85722916 Removal of internal fixation device from left knee joint, external approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The five opportunities posted between February and April 2026 and tagged under this code involve inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for peer workers, and fire department medical direction — none of which align with orthopedic surgical procedures or the removal of internal fixation devices. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (a specific surgical procedure) and the health-care administration, managed-care, and occupational health services actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a fundamental disconnect between how this code is indexed and what state and local procurement offices are actually buying under it.

Given this divergence, the code does not present a viable procurement avenue for firms focused on orthopedic surgical services or device-removal procedures. Issuers in Georgia (Muscogee County), Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), California (San Mateo County), and California (Santa Monica) are actively soliciting health-care services, but their needs fall outside the orthopedic device-removal scope the code nominally describes. A firm pursuing this code should first verify whether state and local procurement offices have misapplied the UNSPSC taxonomy or whether the code itself is no longer in active use for its stated purpose.