UNSPSC 85711857: Reposition right elbow joint with external fixation device, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition right elbow joint with external fixation device, 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 0RSLX5Z

UNSPSC 85711857 Reposition right elbow joint with external fixation device, external approach is a Commodity code that bears little relationship to the recent state and local contract opportunities appearing under it. The five recent solicitations posted between February and April 2026 involve inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical direction—none of which involve orthopedic surgery, joint repositioning, external fixation devices, or surgical procedures of any kind. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding or a data-integrity issue in the source database.

The recent opportunities do reveal what state and local bodies are actually procuring under this code identifier: comprehensive health services contracts including intake screening, chronic disease management, pharmacy administration, formulary development, specialty drug management, virtual telehealth platforms, mental health peer support, and physician medical direction for emergency medical services. Issuing bodies include county government procurement divisions (Muscogee County, Georgia; Collier County, Florida; Monroe County, Florida), county behavioral health departments (San Mateo County, California), and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica, California). Geographic spread covers Florida, Georgia, and California, with contract values ranging from $580,000 total funding (San Mateo County peer support pilot) to approximately $8.7 million in historical annual pharmacy spending (Collier County). No set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises or minority-owned businesses are identified across these solicitations. Business development professionals should treat this code with caution and verify actual scope alignment against the RFP text itself before pursuing opportunities tagged under UNSPSC 85711857, as the code name does not reliably predict the work being bought.