UNSPSC 85692849: Destruction of thoracic vertebra, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of thoracic vertebra, 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 0P544ZZ

UNSPSC 85692849 Destruction of thoracic vertebra, percutaneous endoscopic approach (Commodity) shows a significant mismatch between its nominal medical procedure code and the actual state and local procurement activity recently solicited under it. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span health services contracting — independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs for government employee plans, occupational medical surveillance, specialty and emergency medical care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve thoracic vertebra destruction procedures. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, large municipal employee health plans, a state transportation department, a county juvenile justice system, a county health system, and county human resources procurement offices. This disparity suggests the code may be misapplied in state and local tagging workflows or that the taxonomy entry itself does not align with how purchasing offices classify health services contracting.

Recent activity spans multiple states and jurisdiction types: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona) posted an RFP for independent medical evaluation services due October 16, 2026, with a five-year maximum contract value of $750,000; the City of Long Beach (California) issued an RFP for surgical benefit Center of Excellence carve-outs due October 7, 2026, targeting government employee populations; the Washington State Department of Transportation posted an RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations due October 9, 2026; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas) issued an RFI for specialty and emergency medical services due September 25, 2026; the County of Santa Clara Health System (California) solicited a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing due October 7, 2026; and Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida) issued an RFP for pharmacy benefit management services with an initial three-year term and historical annual pharmacy spending of approximately $8.7 million. Given the code's procedural specificity and the absence of matching opportunities, state and local buyers pursuing this code should verify whether their procurement office has applied it correctly or whether alternative UNSPSC codes better capture their targeted health services categories.