UNSPSC 85723703: Revision of spacer in left ankle joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of spacer in left ankle joint, percutaneous 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 0SWG38Z

UNSPSC 85723703 Revision of spacer in left ankle joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its procedural taxonomy designation and the actual work state and local governments are soliciting under this code. The recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out administration, and information requests for youth detention medical services — none of which involve orthopedic ankle procedures or percutaneous joint revision work. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or that this code has been applied to broader healthcare administration and staffing categories that fall outside its nominal scope.

The issuing bodies in the recent activity include county health systems (Santa Clara County Health System), state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), county government (Collier County, Harris County), and municipal agencies (City of Long Beach). Geographic activity appears concentrated in California, Arizona, Washington, and Texas, with recent RFPs posted between July and September 2026. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's October 16, 2026 RFP for independent medical evaluation services ($750,000 maximum over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's October 9, 2026 RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations, the City of Long Beach's October 7, 2026 RFP for surgical benefit carve-out administration, and the County of Santa Clara Health System's October 7, 2026 qualification-based solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories. The code's poor fit with actual procurement activity suggests it merits skipping unless a specific opportunity explicitly identifies it as directly relevant to joint-revision or orthopedic procedures.