UNSPSC 85723835: Removal of external fixation device from right knee joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of external fixation device from right knee 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 0SPC35Z

UNSPSC 85723835 Removal of external fixation device from right knee joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code involve independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out networks, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which align with the orthopedic surgical procedure the code nominates. State and local procurement systems appear to have misclassified these healthcare administration and staffing solicitations under a narrowly defined procedural code, creating a mismatch between the UNSPSC taxonomy and the work actually being bought.

The recent activity instead reflects state and local demand for healthcare administration services, medical program management, and clinical staffing across multiple jurisdictions including Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington (state-level Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County). Buyers range from city pension boards and health departments to county human-resources divisions, county health systems, and state transportation agencies. None of these opportunities represent procurement aligned with the code's stated scope of orthopedic device removal procedures. Business development professionals evaluating this code should verify whether the actual UNSPSC assignments in active solicitations reflect genuine demand for surgical procedure services or whether this code remains largely inactive for state and local procurement purposes.