UNSPSC 85715160: Removal of internal fixation device from occipital-cervical joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of internal fixation device from occipital-cervical joint, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0RP044Z

UNSPSC 85715160 Removal of internal fixation device from occipital-cervical joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code's technical clinical descriptor does not align with the six recent state and local opportunities posted under this classification, which address disability medical record review and independent medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve orthopedic surgical device removal or the procedural specificity the code nominally describes. This mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or that the code has been repurposed in state and local classification systems to span broader medical administration and staffing services rather than the discrete surgical intervention the UNSPSC taxonomy defines.

The recent opportunities sourced under this code span city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), municipal benefits procurement (City of Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county criminal justice systems (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), county human resources and health consortia (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and county health systems (County of Santa Clara). These buyers are requesting services in medical record administration, Centers of Excellence network management, occupational health compliance examinations, emergency and specialty care coordination, pharmacy benefit administration, and contingent health professional staffing—administrative and service-coordination functions rather than clinical procedures. Geographic activity centers in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Given the persistent gap between the code's procedural title and the actual work being solicited, vendors should verify code alignment with procurement officers before investing bid resources.