UNSPSC 85715236: Drainage of occipital-cervical joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of 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 0R904ZZ

UNSPSC 85715236 Drainage of occipital-cervical joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the six recent state and local opportunities tagged to it do not solicit that service. Instead, the tagged opportunities cover independent medical evaluations for public safety pension disability determinations (City of Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories (Santa Clara County Health System). These opportunities span occupational health, benefits administration, medical staffing, and clinical care coordination—none of which align with the code's stated scope of a specific neurosurgical drainage procedure.

The apparent mismatch between the code name and the work being solicited suggests either a cataloging error in the source data or that this Commodity code has been incorrectly applied to health services procurements that fall under broader medical or administrative categories. Vendors and business development professionals should verify the correct UNSPSC classification before pursuing opportunities nominally tagged to this code, as the actual scope of work does not support bidding strategy based on the code's surgical procedure definition.