UNSPSC 85723838: Removal of drainage device from right knee joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from right knee joint, percutaneous 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 0SPC30Z

UNSPSC 85723838 Removal of drainage device from right knee joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet recent solicitations using this code do not procure surgical removal services at all. Instead, state and local bodies are tagging unrelated health services—pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical benefit program administration—with this orthopedic code. The mismatch suggests either miscoding on the issuing side or use of the code as a catch-all for health service procurement that does not fit the procedure's actual scope.

The issuing bodies span county health systems, county boards of commissioners, state transportation agencies, city retirement offices, and county juvenile probation departments across Arizona, California, Washington, and Florida. Recent opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (due October 16, 2026), the City of Long Beach's surgical benefit carve-out program RFP (due October 7, 2026), Collier County's pharmacy benefit management RFP (due April 9, 2026), the County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing qualification vehicle (due October 7, 2026), and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department's RFI for specialty and emergency medical services (due September 25, 2026). The code shows no relevant recent activity for the orthopedic procedure it nominally describes, and bidders should verify code alignment against actual project scope before investing RFP response effort.