UNSPSC 85712032: Revision of drainage device in right elbow joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of drainage device in right elbow joint, open 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 0RWL00Z

UNSPSC 85712032 Revision of drainage device in right elbow joint, open approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope — orthopedic surgical procedures — does not match the actual state and local procurement activity currently posted under it. The recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect medical services procurement spanning independent medical evaluations, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, surgical benefit carve-outs, and temporary clinical staffing — none of which involve elbow joint surgery or drainage device revision. The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its stated commodity definition.

Activity under this code appears geographically dispersed across Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara Health System), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and Florida (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), with issuing bodies spanning municipal retirement systems, county health agencies, state departments of transportation, and regional health systems. The mismatch between the code's orthopedic surgical scope and the health services administration, staffing, and benefit management work actually being solicited suggests either a tagging error in the underlying procurement data or a misalignment in how this commodity code is being applied by state and local procurement offices. Firms evaluating this code should verify with issuing bodies directly whether future opportunities related to orthopedic surgical procedures or medical device procurement will be tagged here, or whether activity will continue to flow toward tangentially related administrative and clinical staffing categories.