UNSPSC 85723603: Extirpation of matter from left knee joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from left knee 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 0SCD0ZZ

UNSPSC 85723603 Extirpation of matter from left knee joint, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure on the left knee—does not correspond to any of the recent opportunities posted under this code designation. The opportunities actually tagged with this code span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for state ferry workers, specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these procurements involve orthopedic knee surgery or related clinical services in the manner the code name describes.

The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a data-quality issue in how opportunities are being tagged to this commodity. The recent solicitations do reflect state, county, and municipal health and human services purchasing—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), City of Long Beach (California), Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County (Florida), and County of Santa Clara Health System (California)—but their work bears no substantive relationship to orthopedic surgical procedures. Until the code receives opportunities that genuinely involve knee joint procedures or related implants and equipment, the category presents no meaningful business development signal for firms competing in state and local orthopedic or surgical markets.