UNSPSC 85723940: Fusion of right ankle joint with autologous 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 autologous 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 0SGF37Z

UNSPSC 85723940, Fusion of right ankle joint with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that state and local governments do not buy directly through public procurement channels. The recent opportunities in this code's taxonomy show no alignment with surgical procedure codes themselves; instead, they reflect administrative health benefit management, occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluation, and staffing services that state and local bodies purchase to support employee health plans and detention-facility medical care. The code's nominal scope — a specific orthopedic surgical procedure — appears to be a data-classification artifact rather than a procurement category. State and local purchasing offices do not solicit or award contracts for individual surgical procedures under UNSPSC; they contract with health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, Centers of Excellence networks, occupational health providers, and staffing vendors to manage access to such procedures on behalf of employees and beneficiaries.

The recent opportunities posted under this code involve the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical evaluation and medical record summary services), the City of Long Beach (surgical procedure carve-out benefits through Centers of Excellence), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (specialty and emergency medical services), Collier County (pharmacy benefit management), and Santa Clara County Health System (temporary health professional staffing). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. The code shows activity but reflects a classification mismatch — the specific surgical procedure named in the code taxonomy does not correspond to how state and local governments structure health benefit procurement. Bidders pursuing state and local health-plan-related opportunities should focus on codes governing benefits administration, health plan management, and staffing services rather than this Commodity code.