UNSPSC 85715021: Fusion of occipital-cervical joint with interbody fusion device, posterior approach, posterior column, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of occipital-cervical joint with interbody fusion device, posterior approach, posterior 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 0RG03A1

UNSPSC 85715021 Fusion of occipital-cervical joint with interbody fusion device, posterior approach, posterior column, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific spinal surgical procedure—does not align with the state and local opportunities tagged under it in the source material. Recent solicitations under this code reflect disability evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employees, and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these opportunities involve fusion devices, spinal implants, or the procedure named in the code's description.

The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the actual work being solicited suggests either a tagging error in the state and local procurement system or that this code is used inconsistently across issuing bodies. The opportunities that appear under it span diverse issuing bodies—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County, and the County of Santa Clara Health System—and cover administrative health services, benefits administration, and staffing vendor pools rather than medical device procurement or surgical implant sourcing. Business development professionals evaluating this code for pursuit should verify the actual commodity or service line their firm supplies against the current state and local tagging practices; the code as currently applied does not represent a coherent procurement category and offers little actionable signal for firms selling spinal fusion systems or related devices to state and local health systems.