UNSPSC 85723555: Fusion of left hip joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of 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 0SGB0ZZ

UNSPSC 85723555 Fusion of left hip joint, open approach is a Commodity code that appears to describe a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet recent state and local procurement activity under this code bears no substantive relationship to surgical hip fusion itself. The recent opportunities tagged to this code encompass independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management services, and temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories. None of these solicitations involve hip fusion surgery or orthopedic surgical procedures of any kind. The code's nominal scope — a specific orthopedic procedure — does not align with the administrative, occupational health, detention healthcare, and staffing services actually being procured under it in the state and local market.

The issuing bodies span city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal health departments (Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington Department of Transportation), county juvenile probation departments (Harris County), county health systems (Collier County, Santa Clara County), and county healthcare consortiums. Geographic activity is distributed across Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas. Recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry locations (due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System RFQ for temporary health professional staffing (due October 7, 2026). The code's tagging appears to reflect a data classification error rather than genuine alignment between the surgical procedure named and the healthcare administrative, occupational medicine, and staffing services actually being bought. Firms should verify code applicability directly with soliciting bodies rather than rely on this code as a reliable filter for orthopedic surgical procurement.