UNSPSC 85876849: Magnetic resonance imaging (mri) of left femur

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a imaging intervention or procedure to magnetic resonance imaging (mri) of left femur. This 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 BQ34ZZZ

UNSPSC 85876849 Magnetic resonance imaging (mri) of left femur is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific diagnostic imaging procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little alignment with the code's narrow scope. The three most recent solicitations tagged with this code actually cover enterprise diagnostic imaging system procurement (San Mateo Medical Center's PACS implementation), school district special education contracted services (Birdville Independent School District), and a temporary health professional staffing pool that includes diagnostic imaging and radiology among thirteen ancillary clinical categories (Santa Clara County Health System). Only one of the three—the Santa Clara County solicitation—references diagnostic imaging or radiology directly, and that is as a single category within a broad multi-specialty staffing vehicle, not as an MRI-specific service. The code appears to be misapplied by issuing bodies, or the taxonomy does not reflect how state and local health systems and school districts currently structure procurement around imaging and clinical services.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes California (San Mateo County and Santa Clara County) and Texas (Tarrant County). The issuing bodies are a county-operated public hospital system, a county health system, and an independent school district. The San Mateo Medical Center RFP due October 21, 2026 seeks enterprise PACS implementation with EPIC integration to support 65,000 annual radiology studies, 5,000 cardiology studies, and 8,000 mammography interpretations, requiring 99.9% uptime, migration from legacy ScImage systems, and 9–12 month implementation; evaluation weights 30 points to project approach, 25 to firm qualifications, 20 to team qualifications, and 25 to price. The Santa Clara County RFQ due October 7, 2026 establishes a five-year qualified vendor pool (multiple award, non-exclusive, no guaranteed volume) for temporary staffing across ancillary clinical roles including diagnostic imaging and radiology. Given the code mismatch evident in the Birdville special education opportunity, business development teams should verify code assignments when building pursuit strategy under this code.