UNSPSC 85771246: Alteration of right elbow region with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to alteration of right elbow region with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0X0B0KZ

UNSPSC 85771246 Alteration of right elbow region with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual work being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement. The source material shows no orthopedic surgery or tissue-substitute procurement opportunities aligned with the code's nominal scope. Instead, state and local bodies are tagging opportunities under this code that span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure carve-outs through Centers of Excellence networks, and emergency medical services for youth in custody — none of which involve surgical alteration of the elbow or tissue substitutes. This mismatch between code assignment and procurement substance suggests either systematic miscoding of medical services opportunities or that the code is being used as a placeholder for health services categories outside its defined scope.

Recent activity shows issuing bodies across state departments, county health systems, county probation departments, county retirement boards, and municipal retirement offices posting opportunities under this code between late July and mid-September 2026, concentrated in California, Arizona, Washington, and Texas. Representative opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for disability medical evaluation and record review services for public safety pension applicants (due October 16, 2026 at $750,000 over five years), the County of Santa Clara Health System's multiple-award solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026), and Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 county employees and 4,800 covered members with historical annual spending of approximately $8.7 million (submission deadline passed April 9, 2026). The code's recent activity reflects administrative and occupational health services rather than surgical procedures, indicating either procurement data quality issues or deliberate use of this code as a catch-all for health services that lack precise commodity alignment.