UNSPSC 85723241: Replacement of right hip joint, femoral surface with metal synthetic substitute, uncemented, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right hip joint, femoral surface with metal 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 0SRR01A

UNSPSC 85723241 Replacement of right hip joint, femoral surface with metal synthetic substitute, uncemented, open approach is a Commodity code that spans orthopedic surgical procedures and related medical services. Recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code, however, show little alignment with the narrow scope of hip replacement surgery itself. Instead, the opportunities address broader occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical center-of-excellence networks — services tangential to or entirely unrelated to orthopedic implant procurement or hip surgery delivery. The code exhibits misalignment between its nominal scope and the work actually being solicited by state and local buyers under this taxonomy entry.

The issuing bodies include city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), municipal human resources departments (City of Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (County of Santa Clara), county probation departments (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and county health administration (Collier County). Geographic activity spans California, Arizona, Washington, Florida, and Texas. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services due October 16, 2026, addressing disability benefit determinations; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance due October 9, 2026, covering baseline and periodic medical examinations for ferry workers across 14 locations; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFSQ for temporary health professional staffing due October 7, 2026, establishing a qualified vendor pool across ancillary clinical categories. Given the substantial mismatch between the code's defined commodity (hip joint replacement) and the solicitations currently tagged under it, this code appears to reflect a taxonomy classification problem rather than active procurement demand for the specified orthopedic procedure.