UNSPSC 85715000: Joints head, percutaneous approach-part B

This class includes one or more of 16 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the joints of the head with percutaneous approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 0R.

UNSPSC 85715000, Joints head, percutaneous approach—part B, is a Class code under which state and local governments currently solicit occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, and specialty medical services delivery rather than orthopedic devices or procedural supplies matching the code's nominal scope. Recent state and local opportunities show procurement offices and public safety retirement boards requesting independent medical evaluation services for disability determinations, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, surgical carve-out benefit administration, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth—a mix of health plan administration, occupational medicine, and clinical care coordination rather than joint-procedure consumables or implants. Issuing bodies include city retirement offices (Phoenix), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris County, Collier County), and municipal workforce agencies (Long Beach). The code appears to capture miscellaneous health services procurement that does not map cleanly to orthopedic procedure codes, suggesting either data-entry misalignment or use of the code as a catch-all for medical services outside established categorical homes.

Geographic activity spans Arizona (Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services due October 16, 2026), Washington State (WSDOT RFP for occupational medical surveillance due October 9, 2026), California (Santa Clara Health System RFP for temporary health professional staffing due October 7, 2026; Long Beach RFP for surgical carve-out benefits due October 7, 2026), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department RFI for emergency and specialty services due September 25, 2026), and Florida (Collier County RFP for pharmacy benefit management). The Phoenix Retirement Office opportunity, valuing up to $750,000 over five years, seeks medical record summarization and independent medical examinations for approximately 75 annual public safety disability applications; WSDOT seeks baseline, periodic, follow-up, and exit occupational medical examinations across 14 Washington ferry locations for shipyard workers, engine crew, deck crew, and asbestos team members under a two-year contract with option to extend five years. The code shows recent, active procurement across multiple states and service lines, though the nominal scope divergence suggests caution in interpreting search results as orthopedic-device or joint-procedure aligned.