UNSPSC 85651841: Drainage of right shoulder muscle, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right shoulder muscle, 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 0K950ZZ

UNSPSC 85651841 Drainage of right shoulder muscle, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure, but state and local government procurement activity under this code shows no relevant recent opportunities. The recent solicitations tagged to this code — independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefits administration, occupational medical surveillance, specialty hospital services for youth in custody, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — involve medical administration, occupational health programs, and clinical staffing rather than orthopedic drainage procedures. State and local buyers do not procure surgical procedures themselves as commodity line items; instead, they contract for health insurance networks, employee health benefits administration, occupational health services, and clinical staffing arrangements that may include such procedures as part of broader service delivery.

This code does not align with how state and local governments organize medical procurement. The mismatch between the code's procedural specificity and the actual scope of state and local health-related contracting suggests the code is either mislabeled in the procurement system or used only rarely and inconsistently by issuing bodies. Businesses pursuing state and local health and benefits work should focus on higher-level UNSPSC families and classes covering employee health benefits administration, medical staffing services, and occupational health programs rather than this specific surgical procedure code.