UNSPSC 85642719: Supplement of posterior neck subcutaneous tissue and fascia with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement of posterior neck subcutaneous tissue and fascia with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0JU53KZ

UNSPSC 85642719 Supplement of posterior neck subcutaneous tissue and fascia with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows a significant mismatch between its clinical taxonomy label and the work actually being solicited under it in state and local procurement. The recent opportunities tagged to this code are medical services procurement — independent medical evaluations for disability benefit determinations, surgical benefit carve-out program management, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve the surgical implantation of tissue substitutes the code nominally describes. State and local buyers appear to be using this code as a catch-all medical services category rather than for the specific orthopedic or plastic surgical procedure the code name indicates, suggesting either a classification error in the issuing systems or a systemic divergence between UNSPSC medical procedure codes and how state and local procurement offices apply them in practice.

The issuing bodies span county health systems (Santa Clara Health System, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), municipal retirement funds (City of Phoenix), city employees (City of Long Beach), state transportation authorities (Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries), and county government (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), indicating broad adoption across governance tiers. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services due October 16, 2026 with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services due October 9, 2026 with a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing services due October 7, 2026. Activity is distributed across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no dominant geographic concentration. Given the code's apparent misclassification, pursuit under this code should be deferred pending confirmation from the issuing authority that medical services rather than surgical implant procedures are the intended scope.