UNSPSC 85715017: Fusion of occipital-cervical joint with synthetic substitute, posterior approach, anterior column, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of occipital-cervical joint with synthetic substitute, posterior approach, anterior column, percutaneous 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 0RG03JJ

UNSPSC 85715017, a Commodity code nominally describing fusion of occipital-cervical joint with synthetic substitute via posterior approach, shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for public-safety pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure carve-out networks for municipal employees, and emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth — none of which involves orthopedic spinal fusion procedures or related implantable devices. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding by the issuing bodies or a fundamental misalignment between UNSPSC 85715017 and the procurement landscape for state and local medical services.

The recent opportunities themselves span diverse issuing bodies and geographies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), the Washington State Department of Transportation (Washington), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California). However, because none of these solicitations involves the clinical procedure or medical device category that UNSPSC 85715017 purports to describe, this code should not be considered an active procurement vehicle for orthopedic spinal fusion work in the state and local market at present.