UNSPSC 85715031: Excision of occipital-cervical joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of occipital-cervical joint, 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 0RB03ZZ

UNSPSC 85715031 Excision of occipital-cervical joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity posted under it. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the six recent opportunities solicited under this code span independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve occipital-cervical joint excision or spinal fusion procedures. This appears to be a UNSPSC coding error in the source system rather than an active market for the procedure itself under this code designation. The mismatch suggests the code is not a reliable signal for procurement activity related to its nominal scope.

The actual procurement activity tagged to this code comes from diverse state and local issuing bodies including city retirement offices, municipal human resources departments, state transportation agencies, county health systems, county juvenile justice departments, and county commissioners' offices across Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office requested independent medical evaluation services with a $750,000 maximum compensation over five years due October 16, 2026; the City of Long Beach posted an RFP for surgical benefit carve-out network management due October 7, 2026; the Washington State Department of Transportation requested occupational medical surveillance services due October 9, 2026 with a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth due September 25, 2026; Collier County Board of County Commissioners solicited pharmacy benefit management services due April 9, 2026; and the County of Santa Clara Health System posted a non-exclusive, multiple-award vendor qualification for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories due October 7, 2026. Given the taxonomy mismatch, procurement professionals should verify the correct UNSPSC code for any specific service category before pursuing opportunities under this code.