UNSPSC 85651840: Drainage of left shoulder muscle with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left shoulder muscle with drainage device, 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 0K9600Z

UNSPSC 85651840 Drainage of left shoulder muscle with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure—bears no substantive match to the six recent state and local opportunities posted under this code designation. Those opportunities instead solicit independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), surgical benefit carve-out networks for employee health plans (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance for ferry system workers (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and temporary health professional staffing (County of Santa Clara Health System). The mismatch signals either a categorical coding error in one or more of the source records or a systematic misapplication of this Commodity code to broader healthcare procurement activity that falls outside its actual scope.

State and local procurement activity under this code does not align with orthopedic surgical procedure purchase or contracting. Agencies posting healthcare service solicitations appear to be applying the code incorrectly, or the code assignment reflects data quality issues upstream. For business development purposes, the designation lacks decision value; firms pursuing state and local healthcare contracts should verify code alignment through direct RFP language and scope statements rather than relying on this Commodity code as a targeting filter.