UNSPSC 85723612: Excision of right hip joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right 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 0SB90ZZ

UNSPSC 85723612 Excision of right hip joint, open approach is a Commodity code that does not match the work state and local governments are actually soliciting. The recent opportunities on file show no procurement activity related to orthopedic surgical procedures or hip joint excision; instead, they reflect solicitations for comprehensive healthcare services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual care platforms, peer support services, and medical direction oversight at county jails, county health plans, and municipal fire departments. The code appears misapplied to state and local contracting activity and carries little relevance to public-sector procurement strategy under its nominal scope.

The source shows no recent state or local contract opportunities aligned with the orthopedic-surgery definition of this Commodity code. The four posted solicitations span inmate healthcare management (Muscogee County Prison), pharmacy benefit administration (Collier County), virtual primary and urgent care (Monroe County), peer-support services (San Mateo County), and fire department medical direction (Santa Monica Fire Department) — none of which involve hip joint excision or surgical procedures. This mismatch signals either a coding error in the source data or a fundamental disconnect between the UNSPSC taxonomy assignment and the contracting activity actually tagged under it. Firms pursuing work in state and local healthcare procurement should monitor codes mapping to primary-care services, institutional healthcare contracts, and pharmacy management rather than this surgical-procedure code.