UNSPSC 85723523: Insertion of spacer into left hip joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of spacer into left hip 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 0SHB08Z

UNSPSC 85723523 Insertion of spacer into left hip joint, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure. However, the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under this code bear no meaningful relationship to orthopedic joint surgery. The opportunities instead include inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical director services. These solicitations span correctional healthcare administration, employee health plan pharmacy management, telehealth platforms, behavioral health support, and emergency medical oversight—none of which align with hip joint spacer insertion or orthopedic surgical procedures.

The geographic spread of the tagged opportunities includes Georgia (Muscogee County Prison), Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), California (San Mateo County), and California (Santa Monica Fire Department). The issuing bodies are county governments, county health departments, and municipal fire departments. Given the complete mismatch between the code's stated scope and the work actually being solicited under it, this code shows little relevant recent activity for orthopedic surgical procurement. The tagging appears to reflect a data classification error rather than genuine state and local procurement demand for hip joint spacer insertion procedures.