UNSPSC 85712862: Destruction of right elbow joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right elbow 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 0R5L4ZZ

UNSPSC 85712862 Destruction of right elbow joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows no alignment between its nominal medical-procedure classification and the state and local contract opportunities posted under it. The recent opportunities solicited medical surveillance, occupational health examinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for disability determinations, and specialty surgical carve-out programs — none of which involve elbow-joint destruction procedures. The mismatch suggests either a data-classification error in the procurement system or that this code is not actively used by state and local buyers for its stated scope.

The geographic spread and issuing-body mix of recent postings reflect general state and local health-procurement activity rather than orthopedic-procedure sourcing: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), City of Long Beach (California), Washington State Department of Transportation (Washington), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and County of Santa Clara Health System (California). No pattern of elbow-procedure procurement appears in the record. If your firm pursues this code, validate directly with procurement offices in target states whether they actually use UNSPSC 85712862 for elbow-joint surgical procedures, or whether the code is systematically misapplied in their systems.