UNSPSC 85711919: Removal of external fixation device from right elbow joint, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of external fixation device from right 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 0RPLX5Z

UNSPSC 85711919, Removal of external fixation device from right elbow joint, external approach, is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual work being solicited under it by state and local governments. Recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code involve medical evaluation, benefit administration, occupational health surveillance, and staffing services — none of which involve orthopedic surgical procedures or device removal. The code's nominal scope and the recent solicitation activity are fundamentally misaligned.

The most recent opportunities in the source show no relevant state and local procurement aligned to the code's surgical device-removal scope. Issuing bodies — the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and County of Santa Clara Health System — are soliciting independent medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out benefit programs, occupational health surveillance, specialty medical services for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing. This code appears to carry a classification error or mismatch with the actual work state and local procurement offices are conducting under it.