UNSPSC 85714817: Insertion of internal fixation device into occipital-cervical joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of internal fixation device into occipital-cervical joint, 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 0RH004Z

UNSPSC 85714817, Insertion of internal fixation device into occipital-cervical joint, open approach, is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure involving placement of hardware at the base of the skull, yet the most recent opportunities tagged to it reflect administrative medical services, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing, and youth detention healthcare — none of which involve insertion of fixation devices or occipital-cervical joint surgery. State and local buyers appear to have mislabeled these solicitations, or the code itself has been applied inconsistently in the procurement system. No opportunities in the posted block represent actual procurement of the surgical procedure or related orthopedic implants the code describes.

The geographic and issuing-body distribution across the mislabeled opportunities spans multiple states and jurisdictional types — Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara Health System), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department). However, because none of these solicitations address the code's stated scope, they provide no actionable signal about genuine demand for occipital-cervical fixation services. Firms pursuing actual surgical implant or orthopedic hardware sales should treat this code as inactive under state and local procurement and monitor higher-tier orthopedic device or surgical service codes for relevant opportunities.