UNSPSC 85713565: Drainage of left finger phalangeal joint with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left finger phalangeal joint with drainage device, 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 0R9X00Z

UNSPSC 85713565, Drainage of left finger phalangeal joint with drainage device, open approach, is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code bears no meaningful relationship to orthopedic hand surgery. The opportunities posted under this code instead reflect municipal, county, and regional agency purchases of medical surveillance, occupational health services, pharmacy benefit management, specialty medical networks for public employees, independent medical evaluation services, and temporary clinical staffing — none of which involve surgical drainage of finger joints. The mismatch indicates either a systematic coding error in the state and local procurement database or opportunistic tag assignment unrelated to the code's actual clinical scope.

The six opportunities posted between July and September 2026 span Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services, due October 16), California (City of Long Beach surgical carve-out benefit RFP, due October 7; County of Santa Clara Health System temporary health professional staffing RFP, due October 7), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation occupational medical surveillance RFP, due October 9), Florida (Collier County Pharmacy Benefit Management RFP, due April 9), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department RFI for emergency and specialty medical services, due September 25). These solicitations target health plan administrators, occupational medicine practitioners, specialty medical networks, and clinical staffing vendors serving public sector employees and beneficiaries — a scope entirely distinct from the operative surgical code designation. Purchasing activity under this code should be treated as misclassified; the code provides no signal for pursuit in orthopedic surgery, hand surgery supplies, or surgical device contracting.