UNSPSC 85712292: Destruction of right shoulder joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right shoulder 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 0R5J0ZZ

UNSPSC 85712292 Destruction of right shoulder joint, open approach is a Commodity code used by state and local jurisdictions to categorize medical and surgical services, yet recent state and local contract opportunities show a significant mismatch between the code's nominal orthopedic-surgery scope and actual procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged under this code involve occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure carve-outs for benefits programs, and emergency/specialty medical services for youth in custody — none of which involve destructive shoulder joint surgery or operative orthopedic procedures. State and local buyers posting these solicitations include county health systems, municipal retirement boards, state transportation departments, county probation departments, and city employee-benefits offices. The work being actually solicited ranges from administrative medical record review and examination scheduling to pharmacy network management and temporary clinical staffing placement.

Activity under this code appears geographically scattered across Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas, based on recent postings. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026, $750,000 maximum over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026, with a pre-bid conference August 31, 2026), the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical procedure carve-out benefits management (HR26753, due October 7, 2026), and Santa Clara County Health System's qualification solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across multiple clinical specialties (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). The code's nominal specificity to destructive shoulder-joint procedures and the absence of relevant recent work suggest either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or dormant procurement activity under this particular orthopedic commodity code.