UNSPSC 85723076: Supplement right knee joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement right knee 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 0SUC0KZ

UNSPSC 85723076 Supplement right knee joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes orthopedic surgical implants, but the recent state and local procurement record shows no activity aligned with that scope. The five most recent opportunities posted under this code span inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for behavioral health peer workers, and fire department medical director services — none of which involve knee joint implants or orthopedic surgery. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a classification error in the underlying taxonomy as applied to state and local procurement.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Georgia (Muscogee County Prison), Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), California (San Mateo County), and California again (Santa Monica Fire Department), with no observable concentration in orthopedic procurement or surgical supply sourcing. Given that the code's nominal scope does not align with what state and local governments are actually buying under this classification, pursuit activity should verify whether the code reflects genuine procurement intent or represents a data quality issue in the opportunity-posting systems used by these jurisdictions.