UNSPSC 85714643: Release occipital-cervical joint, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release 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 0RN0XZZ

UNSPSC 85714643 Release occipital-cervical joint, external approach is a Commodity code whose nominal title describes a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local opportunities show no alignment with orthopedic or surgical intervention work. The recent solicitations tagged under this code instead reflect medical evaluation, surveillance, and staffing services — disability benefit medical record review and independent medical examinations (City of Phoenix), occupational health surveillance for transportation workers (Washington State Ferries), specialty surgical procedure networks for municipal employees (City of Long Beach), emergency and specialty care for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary ancillary health professional staffing (Santa Clara County Health System). The code does not reflect what is actually being procured; the mismatch suggests either data-entry error in the source material or systematic miscoding of health services opportunities under this orthopedic surgery code.

The issuing bodies span county human resources departments, county health systems, state transportation agencies, municipal retirement offices, and county juvenile probation authorities. Geographic activity centers in California (Santa Clara, Long Beach, Collier County in Florida), Arizona (Phoenix), Washington State, and Texas (Harris County). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years) and the Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry terminals (due October 9, 2026, with a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026). Because the code's nominal scope bears no relation to the health services work actually tagged to it in procurement systems, firms relying on UNSPSC taxonomy for targeting should verify the underlying scope directly in RFP text rather than assume code-level accuracy.