UNSPSC 85712452: Removal of drainage device from right shoulder joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from right shoulder 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 0RPJ30Z

UNSPSC 85712452 Removal of drainage device from right shoulder joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal medical procedure scope. The six recent opportunities posted under or near this code—spanning Phoenix retirement disability medical evaluations, Long Beach surgical benefit networks, Washington State Ferries occupational health surveillance, Harris County juvenile detention medical services, Collier County pharmacy benefit management, and Santa Clara County temporary health professional staffing—do not involve drainage-device removal or the specific orthopedic procedure the code names. The mismatch suggests either misclassification by issuing bodies or a code that sees minimal real purchasing activity in the state and local market.

The issuing bodies posting opportunities tagged to this code span municipal retirement offices (City of Phoenix), large cities (Long Beach, Seattle via WSDOT), county health systems (Harris County, Santa Clara County), and county commissioners (Collier County), but their actual procurements address employee health plans, occupational medicine programs, pharmacy administration, and staffing services—not orthopedic device removal or related surgical supplies. Geographic activity appears across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, but the work being bought bears no operational relationship to the code's stated commodity. A business development professional evaluating this code should treat recent activity as noise and assess whether the underlying medical device or procedure market exists outside the state and local procurement channel, or whether the code itself is seldom used correctly by public jurisdictions.