UNSPSC 85692636: Release cervical vertebra, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release cervical vertebra, 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 0PN30ZZ

UNSPSC 85692636 Release cervical vertebra, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it do not align with surgical intervention. Instead, the code shows activity for independent medical evaluation services, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical networks — none of which involve cervical spine surgery. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and what is actually being solicited suggests either a classification error in the source data or that the code is being used as a catch-all for diverse healthcare procurement. State and local buyers tagged under this code include city pension and retirement boards, county health systems, state transportation departments, county juvenile probation authorities, and county human resources divisions. The issuing bodies span Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida jurisdictions.

Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services supporting disability determinations for public safety personnel (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 maximum over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services at ferry facilities across 14 Washington locations (due October 9, 2026, with a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026), the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits through Centers of Excellence (due October 7, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026, non-exclusive multiple-award). Activity is scattered across administrative healthcare services, occupational medicine, pharmacy administration, and clinical staffing — suggesting the code should be treated as a low-signal category for surgical procedure procurement specifically and verified against actual scope before pursuing opportunities tagged here.