UNSPSC 85723407: Removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from left ankle joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from left ankle joint, 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 0SPG0KZ

UNSPSC 85723407 Removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from left ankle joint, open approach, is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six opportunities currently posted under this code involve occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Ferries), independent disability medical evaluations for public safety pension boards (City of Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-outs and Centers of Excellence networks (City of Long Beach), emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing qualification pools (County of Santa Clara). None of these solicitations involve the orthopedic surgical procedure—removal of implanted tissue substitutes from ankle joints—that the code nominally describes. The mismatch reflects the state and local practice of tagging broad healthcare service procurements with clinical procedure codes rather than with service-family codes that would map more accurately to the work being bought.

The absence of concrete opportunities matching the code's surgical scope suggests this Commodity is not an active procurement category for state and local healthcare systems at this time. Entities pursuing business in orthopedic surgical services, implant removal, or related procedural healthcare delivery should monitor the code for activity but recognize that current tagging under 85723407 does not reflect genuine demand signals in the market. A more productive approach would be to track state health department RFPs for hospital network contracting, preferred-provider arrangements, or surgical center agreements under higher-level Family or Class codes spanning healthcare provider networks and bundled payment models.