UNSPSC 85723938: Fusion of right ankle joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of right ankle joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0SGF3KZ

UNSPSC 85723938, Fusion of right ankle joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that exhibits a significant mismatch between its clinical procedure taxonomy designation and the state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The recent opportunities associated with this code do not solicit orthopedic surgical procedures, implants, or tissue substitutes; instead, they are uniformly health-care administration and staffing services—independent medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, surgical benefit carve-out program management, temporary health-professional staffing, and specialty medical services for detained youth. The code nominally names a specific surgical intervention with a nonautologous graft, but state and local procurement offices are using it to classify broader health-care administration, benefits design, provider network management, and occupational health compliance work that falls outside orthopedic implant or surgical-procedure procurement.

The issuing bodies posting under this code are diverse: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability evaluation services), the City of Long Beach (benefits program carve-out), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary health-professional staffing). Activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 maximum over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry terminals (due October 9, 2026, with pre-bid conference August 31, 2026), the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical benefit carve-out programs for Centers of Excellence (due October 7, 2026, with contract anticipated to begin April 1, 2027), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award RFSQ for temporary health-professional staffing (due October 7, 2026). The code as presently tagged does not reliably identify orthopedic-device or surgical-procedure procurement; vendors pursuing opportunities under this code should validate the actual scope of work in each solicitation notice rather than assume clinical-procedure relevance.