UNSPSC 85712561: Destruction of left elbow joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left 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 0R5M3ZZ

UNSPSC 85712561 Destruction of left elbow joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows a significant mismatch between its nominal medical-procedure taxonomy classification and actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code do not reflect orthopedic surgical procedures; instead, they reflect occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out program administration, and youth detention healthcare services — none of which align with the code's stated scope of a specific elbow-joint surgical intervention. The code appears to have been misapplied to administrative and operational healthcare procurement rather than procedural medicine.

State and local issuing bodies across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington have posted opportunities in this period, spanning city retirement offices (Phoenix), county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris, Collier), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of State Ferries), and municipal employee benefit programs (Long Beach). Representative recent solicitations include the Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (response due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry terminals (response due October 9, 2026, with a pre-bid conference held August 31, 2026), and Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 enrolled employees ($8.7 million annual historical spend, April 9, 2026 deadline). Given the absence of meaningful commodity-code alignment with the eight-digit taxonomy designation, this code does not serve as a reliable procurement signal for business development purposes.