UNSPSC 85711912: Removal of internal fixation device from right wrist joint, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of internal fixation device from right wrist 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 0RPNX4Z

UNSPSC 85711912 "Removal of internal fixation device from right wrist joint, external approach" is a Commodity code whose nominal scope does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The six opportunities posted between July and September 2026 under this code involve occupational and disability medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and youth detention healthcare—none of which involve orthopedic surgical procedures or implant removal. The mismatch suggests that state and local procurement offices are tagging health services and staffing activities to this code inconsistently or as a catch-all placeholder for clinical services outside established categories.

Issuing bodies include county health systems (Santa Clara County Health System, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), municipal retirement boards (City of Phoenix), municipal employee benefit programs (City of Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries), and county benefits consortiums (Collier County Board of County Commissioners). Recent representative opportunities span Arizona (Phoenix Fire and Police Pension Boards requesting disability medical evaluation services, RFP due October 16, 2026), California (Long Beach surgical benefit carve-out RFP due October 7, 2026; Santa Clara County temporary health professional staffing RFP due October 7, 2026), Washington (WSDOT occupational medical surveillance RFP due October 9, 2026), Texas (Harris County youth detention healthcare RFI due September 25, 2026), and Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management RFP, initially posted April 2026). The code shows no recent activity aligned to its stated scope of orthopedic surgical procedures.