UNSPSC 85683217: Replacement of right occipital bone with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right occipital bone with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0NR74JZ

UNSPSC 85683217 Replacement of right occipital bone with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure (right occipital bone replacement via endoscopic approach), but the six recent opportunities posted under this code are unrelated to that procedure. The solicitations instead cover occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical care networks, and emergency medical services for detained youth — none of which involve occipital bone reconstruction or endoscopic neurosurgical procedures. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a broader classification problem within the taxonomy as applied in practice by state and local procurement offices.

The recent opportunities do reflect genuine activity among state and local buyers for medical and health services broadly. Issuing bodies include county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris, Collier), city retirement offices (Phoenix), city employee benefit programs (Long Beach), and state transportation departments (Washington). However, because the posted opportunities are not substantively related to occipital bone replacement procedures, this code is not actionable for vendors specializing in neurosurgical implants or endoscopic bone reconstruction. Prospecting under this code without clarifying the tagging error with issuing procurement offices would likely result in wasted bid preparation effort.