UNSPSC 85712282: Drainage of right elbow joint with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right elbow joint with drainage device, 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 0R9L00Z

UNSPSC 85712282 Drainage of right elbow joint with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal clinical scope. State and local procurement systems have tagged this surgical procedure code to a range of health-benefit, occupational-health, and staffing solicitations that do not map to the code's orthopedic-surgery nomenclature. The recent opportunities include independent medical evaluation services for pension-disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, specialty surgical carve-outs for employee health plans, temporary health-professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which involve drainage procedures of the elbow joint. This mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local UNSPSC assignment or opportunistic use of an available code number by procurement offices unfamiliar with the taxonomy's clinical specificity.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code span county health systems, city retirement offices, state transportation departments, county juvenile probation, and county human resources divisions across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office posted an RFP due October 16, 2026 for independent medical evaluation services supporting disability pension determinations; the City of Long Beach posted an RFP due October 7, 2026 for surgical and medical procedure carve-outs through Centers of Excellence; the Washington State Department of Transportation posted an RFB due October 9, 2026 for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI due September 25, 2026 for specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth; Collier County issued an RFP due April 9, 2026 for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members; and the County of Santa Clara Health System posted an RFQ due October 7, 2026 to establish a qualified vendor pool for temporary health-professional staffing across 13 clinical and ancillary categories. Business development professionals pursuing work under this code should verify the actual scope of specific solicitations before investing bid resources, as the code's procedure-specific title does not reflect the administrative and clinical-staffing services currently being tagged to it.