UNSPSC 85713040: Removal of drainage device from right carpal joint, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from right carpal joint, external 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 0RPQX0Z

UNSPSC 85713040 Removal of drainage device from right carpal joint, external approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal recent alignment with state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities posted under this code do not reflect surgical device removal or orthopedic intervention. Instead, the opportunities span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, health professional temporary staffing, surgical center-of-excellence carve-out program management, and specialty medical services for detained youth. These services address broader healthcare administration, workforce occupational health, and benefits management rather than the implantation or removal of a specific carpal joint drainage device. The issuing bodies include state departments of transportation, county health systems, county commissioners' offices, city retirement boards, and county juvenile justice agencies. State and local governments are actively soliciting in these healthcare-adjacent categories, but the actual work being bought bears no substantive connection to the code's nominal scope.

Geographic activity spans Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation's medical surveillance program across 14 ferry system locations), California (County of Santa Clara Health System staffing vehicle and City of Long Beach surgical carve-out program), Arizona (City of Phoenix disability medical evaluation services), Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department specialty medical services). Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Ferries' RFP 20260825 for occupational medical surveillance services due October 9, 2026, and the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP 26001 for independent medical evaluation services supporting public safety pension benefit determinations, due October 16, 2026. The code shows little evidence of genuine orthopedic surgical procurement activity and may represent a data classification error in state and local procurement systems.