UNSPSC 85714616: Revision of synthetic substitute in occipital-cervical joint, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of synthetic substitute in occipital-cervical joint, external 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 0RW0XJZ

UNSPSC 85714616 Revision of synthetic substitute in occipital-cervical joint, external approach is a Commodity code that shows no alignment with the recent state and local opportunities posted under this classification. The six most recent solicitations — spanning Phoenix's retirement board disability medical evaluations, Long Beach's surgical benefit carve-out program, Washington State Ferries occupational medical surveillance, Harris County's youth detention medical services, Collier County's pharmacy benefit management, and Santa Clara's temporary health professional staffing — address occupational health screening, benefit administration, pharmacy network management, and clinical staffing, none of which involve orthopedic spinal implant revision procedures or the surgical implantation work that the code nominally describes. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding of these healthcare-administration and clinical-staffing opportunities, or that this Commodity code rarely surfaces in state and local procurement activity.

The geographic spread of posted opportunities spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no concentration evident. Issuing bodies include county health systems, municipal retirement offices, state transportation departments, county probation authorities, and county boards of commissioners — a broad jurisdictional mix typical of large-scale public-sector health-system and employee-benefit contracting. If the code were actively used for orthopedic implant procurement, state departments of health or state university hospital systems would be primary buyers; the absence of such solicitations under this code suggests the activity does not regularly flow through this UNSPSC classification in state and local markets.