UNSPSC 85723949: Fusion of right knee joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of 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 0SGC3ZZ

UNSPSC 85723949 Fusion of right knee joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual work state and local governments are procuring under this classification. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, specialty surgical care networks, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody—none of which describe orthopedic joint fusion procedures or surgical interventions. The code appears to be a medical procedure taxonomy entry that state and local procurement offices are misapplying to administrative and benefit management services rather than to clinical procedures themselves. This mismatch signals either a data classification error in the underlying opportunity records or a systematic misuse of the UNSPSC code by issuing bodies.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code include county health systems (Santa Clara County, Collier County), city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), city employee benefit programs (City of Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), and county juvenile justice agencies (Harris County). Recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations (due October 16, 2026), the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits through Centers of Excellence for knee, hip, and orthopedic procedures (due October 7, 2026), and the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 Washington locations (due October 9, 2026). The geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Given the pervasive disconnect between the code's stated purpose and actual procurement activity, this Commodity code is not actionable for vendors providing orthopedic joint fusion services or related surgical procedures.