UNSPSC 85773171: Control bleeding in left hand, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to control bleeding in left hand, open 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 0X3K0ZZ

UNSPSC 85773171 Control bleeding in left hand, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the five most recent opportunities posted under this code involve procurement of healthcare services contracts — comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management administration, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction — none of which match the clinical procedural scope of the code name.

The mismatch between the code's procedural definition and the actual goods or services being solicited suggests either a data-entry error in how these opportunities were tagged, a systematic misalignment in how this jurisdiction or procurement system applies UNSPSC codes to healthcare service contracts, or both. The recent opportunities span multiple state and local issuing bodies — Columbus Consolidated Government (Georgia), Collier County (Florida), Monroe County (Florida), San Mateo County (California), and Santa Monica Fire Department (California) — but their purchasing intent centers on multi-year healthcare service delivery and management contracts rather than surgical supplies or procedure-specific items. Without representative opportunities that actually procure bleeding-control supplies, surgical instruments, or related medical goods under this code, the code shows little actionable signal for business development targeting state and local procurement under its stated scope.