UNSPSC 85673435: Drainage of right elbow bursa and ligament, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right elbow bursa and ligament, 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 0M930ZZ

UNSPSC 85673435 Drainage of right elbow bursa and ligament, open approach is a Commodity code assigned to a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code bear no relationship to orthopedic surgery or elbow procedures. The code shows no relevant recent activity; instead, the tagged opportunities span occupational health surveillance, independent medical evaluation administration, pharmacy benefit management, health professional staffing, surgical care center-of-excellence networks, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which involve elbow drainage or the operative care the code nominally describes. This mismatch suggests either a cataloging error in how opportunities were tagged to the UNSPSC hierarchy or a fundamental misalignment between the code's intended scope and how state and local procurement offices are using it in practice.

The six recent opportunities span Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach and Santa Clara County), Washington State (Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County), issued by a municipal retirement office, city personnel department, state transportation agency, county juvenile probation department, county health benefits consortium, and county health system. Because none of the opportunities—whether RFP, RFI, or qualification solicitations—address the elbow surgical procedure this code names, there are no representative relevant opportunities to characterize. Firms evaluating this code should treat it as inactive for state and local procurement purposes and investigate whether the code has been misapplied or whether this particular surgical procedure does not appear in the recent contracting pipeline.