UNSPSC 85773240: Alteration of left wrist region with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to alteration of left wrist region 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 0X0H37Z

UNSPSC 85773240 Alteration of left wrist region with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with the state and local procurement activity currently posted under this code. The recent opportunities solicited—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—fall outside the scope of surgical orthopedic procedures described in the code's nominal name. These solicitations reflect general municipal healthcare administration, benefits management, and occupational health services rather than clinical interventions or procedures.

The code shows little relevant recent activity tied to its stated scope. State and local procurement offices appear to have applied this clinical procedure code to healthcare services contracting that does not involve the orthopedic surgical work the code describes. Buyers include city retirement boards (Phoenix), municipal human resources departments (Long Beach), state transportation authorities (Washington State Ferries), county juvenile justice agencies (Harris County), county health consortiums (Collier County), and county health systems (Santa Clara). Geographic posting activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas, but the substantive mismatch between the code's orthopedic surgical scope and the healthcare administration and staffing services actually being procured indicates either systematic miscoding or a gap between UNSPSC taxonomy and current state and local use of this particular code number.