UNSPSC 85473116: Extirpation of matter from cervical spinal cord, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from cervical spinal cord, 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 00CW0ZZ

UNSPSC 85473116 Extirpation of matter from cervical spinal cord, open approach is a Commodity code that maps poorly to recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope describes a surgical procedure, but the recent solicitations tagged under it predominantly cover occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, disability medical evaluations, surgical carve-out benefit programs, and temporary clinical staffing — none of which involve spinal cord surgery. The mismatch suggests either systematic misclassification of medical-services opportunities into this surgical-procedure code or that the code is being used as a catch-all placeholder for diverse healthcare services.

Recent activity appears across Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, Santa Clara County), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County). The City of Phoenix Retirement Office posted RFP RTMRFP26001 on September 16, 2026, with proposals due October 16, 2026, for independent medical evaluation services supporting disability benefit determinations; the City of Long Beach posted HR26753 on August 26, 2026, for surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit management; the Washington State Department of Transportation posted RFP20260825 on August 25, 2026, for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations; and the County of Santa Clara Health System posted RFSQHHSFY270052 on July 7, 2026, for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories. Given the disconnect between the code's surgical definition and the actual work being solicited, this code shows little reliable signal for pursuing spinal cord surgical services at the state and local level.