UNSPSC 85723218: Replacement of right knee joint, femoral surface with synthetic substitute, uncemented, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right knee joint, femoral surface with synthetic substitute, uncemented, 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 0SRT0JA

UNSPSC 85723218 Replacement of right knee joint, femoral surface with synthetic substitute, uncemented, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes orthopedic implant procedures, yet the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little alignment with surgical implant procurement. Instead, the solicitations reflect healthcare administration, medical staffing, and benefits management — medical record review for disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out networks for employee benefits, occupational health surveillance, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these activities involve procurement or implantation of orthopedic devices. The issuing bodies are diverse: municipal retirement boards (City of Phoenix), city employee benefits offices (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara Health System), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile justice agencies (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and county human resources divisions (Collier County). This suggests the code is being applied inconsistently or mistagged in the underlying procurement systems.

The geographic spread across recent opportunities includes Arizona, California, Washington State, Texas, and Florida — a nationwide pattern with no clear concentration. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (response due October 16, 2026) emphasizing disability medical record summarization and examination coordination for approximately 75 annual applications; the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits (response due October 7, 2026) offering knee, hip, orthopedic, shoulder, spine, heart, weight loss, and oncology procedures through Centers of Excellence; the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (response due October 9, 2026) requiring baseline and periodic examinations for ferry workers across 14 Washington locations; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive vendor-pool RFQ for temporary ancillary health professional staffing (response due October 7, 2026). The code shows minimal recent activity relevant to orthopedic implant devices themselves.