UNSPSC 85712481: Insertion of spacer into left shoulder joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of spacer into left 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 0RHK38Z

UNSPSC 85712481 Insertion of spacer into left shoulder joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity. The code's nominal scope — a specific orthopedic surgical procedure — does not align with the state and local contract opportunities recently posted under this classification. The six opportunities surfaced include independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefit management for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare services, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involves shoulder joint spacer insertion as a procurable product or service line.

State and local procurement offices rarely buy individual procedure codes as discrete line items; this code appears to have been assigned by mistake or used as a fallback classification for medical services that do not fit neatly elsewhere in the taxonomy. No actionable procurement signals emerge from the available data. If your firm pursues medical services contracts with state, county, or municipal health systems, watch for re-tagging of future opportunities under higher-order family or class codes in the medical services segment, but this specific Commodity code does not currently support targeted business development.