UNSPSC 85711853: Reposition left elbow joint, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition left elbow joint, external 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 0RSMXZZ

UNSPSC 85711853 Reposition left elbow joint, external approach is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show minimal relevance to the code's nominal clinical scope. The opportunities posted include inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison, pharmacy benefit management for a county employee health plan, virtual primary and urgent care services for county employees, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical direction—none of which directly involve orthopedic joint repositioning procedures. State and local purchasing offices appear to use this code inconsistently or have applied it to broader healthcare administration and service contracting where the connection to the specific procedure is unclear or absent.

Activity under this code spans multiple issuing bodies including county procurement offices (Muscogee County in Georgia, Collier County in Florida, Monroe County in Florida, and San Mateo County in California) and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica, California), with geographic spread across Georgia, Florida, and California. Recent opportunities are structured as RFPs with response dates ranging from April through October 2026, covering annual contract values from approximately $580,000 to $8.7 million in historical pharmacy spending. Because the opportunities do not align with the code's stated clinical procedure, the code shows no reliable signal of actual orthopedic repositioning demand in state and local procurement, and pursuit should be informed by direct outreach to issuing agencies to confirm whether this code is being used intentionally for such services or represents a cataloging error.