UNSPSC 85712635: Revision of spacer in left shoulder joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of spacer in left shoulder joint, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0RWK48Z

UNSPSC 85712635 Revision of spacer in left shoulder joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code whose recent activity shows minimal alignment with its nominal medical procedure scope. State and local issuing bodies are instead using this code to tag administrative medical services, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — work that has little to do with orthopedic surgical procedures. The mismatch between the code's name and the actual procurement activity it receives suggests the code carries misclassified opportunities or is used inconsistently across jurisdictions. Recent solicitations span medical record summarization for disability retirement determinations, occupational medical examinations for transportation workers, surgical procedure carve-out networks for municipal employee health plans, and vendor pools for temporary clinical staffing across multiple ancillary specialties.

Issuing bodies include a state transportation department (Washington State Department of Transportation), multiple counties (Harris County, Collier County, and Santa Clara County), and municipal governments (City of Phoenix and City of Long Beach). Geographic spread covers Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office requesting independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026); the Washington State Department of Transportation soliciting occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry terminals and shipyards (RFP RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026 with questions due September 7, 2026); and the City of Long Beach requesting a surgical procedure carve-out benefit program for its employee health plan (RFP HR26753, due October 7, 2026). The code's recent activity does not reflect meaningful procurement volume or geographic concentration in what the code nominally describes.