UNSPSC 85712436: Removal of internal fixation device from right elbow joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of internal fixation device from right elbow joint, percutaneous 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 0RPL34Z

UNSPSC 85712436, Removal of internal fixation device from right elbow joint, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities tagged to it include independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefit administration, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involves orthopedic device removal or surgical procedures aligned with the code's clinical descriptor. The issuing bodies across these opportunities span municipal retirement boards, cities, state transportation departments, county health systems, and juvenile probation departments, but the work being solicited has no bearing on the code's stated scope.

The geographic spread of these tagged opportunities includes Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach and Santa Clara County), Washington State (Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County), but this geographic diversity signals only that the code has been misapplied across multiple jurisdictions rather than that there is active procurement demand for the procedure itself. State and local governments do not appear to be soliciting removal of internal fixation devices from right elbow joints under this code at present. The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the actual work being bought suggests this code is either inactive for state and local procurement or has been systematically tagged incorrectly in the underlying opportunity data.