UNSPSC 85711655: Drainage of right sternoclavicular joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right sternoclavicular joint, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0R9E4ZZ

UNSPSC 85711655 Drainage of right sternoclavicular joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows a severe mismatch between its nominal scope and actual state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged to it span occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, pension disability medical evaluations, surgical procedure carve-outs for public employee health plans, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. None of these solicitations involve drainage of the sternoclavicular joint or percutaneous endoscopic approaches. The code appears to have been applied to a diverse set of medical services and health plan administration work that falls outside its intended procedural scope.

The issuing bodies include state health and transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation, County of Santa Clara Health System), county governments (Harris County, Collier County), city pension and retirement offices (City of Phoenix), and municipal health plans (City of Long Beach). Recent opportunities span Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington with no geographic concentration evident. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations (due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry locations (due October 9, 2026, pre-bid conference August 31, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award qualification solicitation for temporary ancillary health professional staffing (due October 7, 2026). The persistent miscoding of diverse health services under this orthopedic procedure code suggests either a data quality issue in the state and local procurement system or systematic misapplication by issuing offices. Business development professionals should treat this code as unreliable for procurement forecasting purposes.