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 shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The three recent opportunities posted under this code—independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations (City of Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance for state ferries workers (Washington State Department of Transportation), and temporary health professional staffing (County of Santa Clara)—do not involve orthopedic surgical procedures, external fixation devices, or elbow joint repositioning. The one additional opportunity, a pharmacy benefit management solicitation from Collier County, is similarly unrelated to the code's nominal scope. State and local governments do not appear to be soliciting elbow-joint surgical services or orthopedic device procurement under this code at present.

The issuing bodies in the recent opportunities span state health and transportation agencies, county human resources and health systems, and city retirement offices, but their work—medical evaluations, health plan administration, occupational health surveillance, and staffing—bears no material connection to the orthopedic surgical services the code nominally describes. The geographic spread includes Washington State, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas, but procurement concentration is not meaningful when the activities being bought do not match the code definition. The code appears to be a tagging artifact with little or no relevance to current state and local contracting for the surgical services it nominally represents.