UNSPSC 85702219: Supplement lumbar vertebra with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement lumbar vertebra with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0QU00KZ

UNSPSC 85702219 Supplement lumbar vertebra with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity captured in the source material. The solicitations posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out program management, pharmacy benefit administration, temporary health professional staffing, specialty medical services for youth in custody, and emergency medical services — none of which involve spinal implant procedures or surgical implantation of vertebral supplements. The mismatch suggests either a tagging error in the underlying procurement records or that the code is assigned to administrative and planning activities rather than to the clinical procedures the code nominally describes.

The issuers include state departments, counties, and municipal health systems across geographically dispersed jurisdictions: the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical evaluations), the City of Long Beach (surgical benefit management), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (youth detention medical services), Collier County Board of Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary staffing). The opportunities posted between July and September 2026 show activity in Washington, Arizona, California, Texas, and Florida. Given the fundamental disconnect between the code's clinical scope and the administrative and staffing services actually solicited, this code shows little relevant recent activity for vendors offering spinal implant systems or orthopedic surgical products.