UNSPSC 85711932: Release right elbow joint, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release 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 0RNLXZZ

UNSPSC 85711932 Release right elbow joint, external approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show no alignment with orthopedic surgery or joint procedures. Instead, the opportunities posted under this code reflect broad occupational health, disability evaluation, pharmacy benefit management, youth detention healthcare, surgical carve-out benefits, and temporary clinical staffing — none involving elbow joint release or external surgical approaches. The issuing bodies span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems and procurement offices (Santa Clara County Health System, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners), city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), and municipal health authorities (City of Long Beach). The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being bought suggests either a systematic tagging error or that this code is being misapplied to unrelated health services procurement.

Recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years) covering disability medical record summary preparation and scheduling of independent medical and psychiatric examinations for approximately 75 annual public safety pension disability applications; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (due October 9, 2026) requiring board-certified occupational medicine physicians; the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award qualification solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026); and Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 enrolled employees (due April 9, 2026, historical spending approximately $8.7 million annually). Activity is scattered across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. The code shows no coherent procurement signal; buyers and prospectors should treat this tag as unreliable for category analysis and verify actual commodity and service classifications independently from posting notices.