UNSPSC 85723911: Insertion of spacer into right ankle joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of spacer into right 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 0SHF38Z

UNSPSC 85723911 Insertion of spacer into right ankle joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities tagged under it reflect a mismatch: they capture occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve ankle joint spacer insertion or orthopedic surgery procurement directly. The City of Phoenix, Washington State Department of Transportation, City of Long Beach, Harris County, Collier County, and Santa Clara County Health System are the issuing bodies represented in the recent block, spanning state transportation departments, county human resources divisions, county health systems, and city retirement offices. This fragmentation across unrelated service categories indicates the code may be misapplied in source data or used as a catch-all for health-related procurements without precision.

The geographic spread covers Arizona, Washington, California, Florida, and Texas, with no particular concentration. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) supporting disability determinations for approximately 75 annual applications with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP for ferries employees (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) requiring licensed occupational-medicine physicians across 14 Washington locations; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive qualified-vendor-pool solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). The code exhibits no meaningful recent procurement signal for orthopedic implants or surgical procedures themselves; pursuing opportunities under this code requires clarification whether the tagging reflects actual agency need or administrative misclassification.