UNSPSC 85715179: Insertion of internal fixation device into occipital-cervical joint, percutaneous endoscopic 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, 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 0RH044Z

UNSPSC 85715179 Insertion of internal fixation device into occipital-cervical joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code showing little relevant recent activity. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, yet none of the six recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under it involve spine surgery, medical device insertion, orthopedic procedures, or percutaneous endoscopic approaches. Instead, the solicitations cover disability benefit medical evaluations, surgical center-of-excellence carve-outs for multiple procedure types, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary clinical staffing. The mismatch between the code's surgical-procedure specificity and the opportunities posted against it suggests either misclassification by issuing bodies or a dataset alignment issue. No state and local procurement activity directly matching the code's stated scope—insertion of fixation devices into the occipital-cervical joint—appears in the recent record.

The opportunities that do appear span Arizona (City of Phoenix, independent medical evaluation RFP), California (City of Long Beach surgical carve-out RFP; County of Santa Clara Health System temporary staffing RFQ), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation occupational medical surveillance RFP), Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management RFP), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department emergency and specialty medical services RFI), indicating broad geographic distribution. Issuing bodies include municipal retirement offices, city employee health plans, state transportation agencies, county juvenile justice departments, and county health systems. None of these opportunities map meaningfully to spinal surgical device procurement. A business development team pursuing this code should treat it as inactive for procurement purposes absent clarification from the issuing body on whether the UNSPSC assignment is correct.