UNSPSC 85723851: Removal of external fixation device from right hip 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 hip 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 0SP935Z

UNSPSC 85723851, Removal of external fixation device from right hip joint, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under its nominal scope. The recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code do not align with orthopedic surgical procedures or device removal—instead, the tagged solicitations describe occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-outs, and youth detention medical services. None of these procurement activities involve the specific clinical procedure named in the code.

The mismatch between the code's description and the actual work being solicited suggests either a classification error in the opportunities or a fundamental misalignment between how this code is applied in state and local systems and its intended scope. State and local procurement offices occasionally tag broad health-services or medical-management opportunities with procedure-specific codes when the code hierarchy does not offer a better fit. Until opportunities more clearly aligned with orthopedic surgical device removal or similar procedural services appear in recent state and local activity, this code should be treated as inactive or misclassified for contracting purposes.