UNSPSC 85713372: Release right carpal joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release right carpal joint, open 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 0RNQ0ZZ

UNSPSC 85713372 Release right carpal joint, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a surgical procedure, but state and local recent procurement activity under this code shows little or no alignment with orthopedic surgery. The most recent opportunities tagged to this code span independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, occupational health surveillance, surgical benefit carve-out programs for government employee health plans, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing pools, and emergency medical services for detained youth — none of which represent direct procurement of the surgical procedure named in the code title. The issuing bodies are mixed across pension boards, state departments of transportation, county health systems, county commissioners, and county juvenile justice departments. When recent opportunities are plainly unrelated to a code's stated scope, the code typically signals either a data-quality issue in how opportunities were tagged or dormant procurement activity under the nominal code title.

The geographic spread spans Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Florida (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation). A pre-bid conference for the Washington State Ferries occupational medical surveillance RFP is scheduled for August 31, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time via Microsoft Teams, with proposals due October 9, 2026. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services closed October 16, 2026. No recent opportunities document actual procurement of carpal joint release surgery or related orthopedic surgical services under this code.