UNSPSC 85724294: Destruction of right knee joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right knee joint, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0S5C4ZZ

UNSPSC 85724294 Destruction of right knee joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code representing a specific orthopedic surgical procedure; however, the recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code do not procure surgical procedures themselves but rather administrative and clinical support services surrounding healthcare delivery. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office is soliciting independent medical evaluation services to support disability benefit determinations for public safety personnel, the City of Long Beach is requesting surgical procedure carve-out benefit management through Centers of Excellence networks, the Washington State Department of Transportation is seeking occupational medical surveillance, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department is exploring specialty medical services for detained youth, and Collier County is procuring pharmacy benefit management. The code appears to reflect a data-entry or taxonomy-assignment anomaly rather than active procurement of orthopedic surgical destruction of the knee joint itself. State and local governments are not currently soliciting the specific procedure named in the code under this UNSPSC designation.

Recent activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida, with no clear geographic concentration. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, municipal health systems, state transportation departments, county juvenile probation and corrections, and county health purchasing consortia. No single jurisdiction appears more than once in the recent opportunities block. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the services actually being procured—medical surveillance, benefit administration, specialty network management, and formulary optimization rather than surgical procedures—suggests this code should not be pursued as a basis for business development in orthopedic surgery contracting. Firms offering clinical services, medical staffing, benefits administration, or pharmacy management may find opportunity under different UNSPSC codes aligned with their actual service lines.