UNSPSC 85715409: Repair thoracolumbar vertebral disc, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair thoracolumbar vertebral disc, external 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 0RQBXZZ

UNSPSC 85715409 Repair thoracolumbar vertebral disc, external approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its clinical-procedure scope. The recent opportunities tagged under this code—independent medical evaluation services for disability retirement determinations, surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits, occupational medical surveillance, specialty and emergency medical services for youth in detention, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—are administrative health program management, occupational health, clinical staffing, and benefits contracting, not orthopedic surgical repair procedures. State and local governments do not appear to solicit surgical procedures themselves as procurements under this code; the tagged opportunities reflect how health systems and municipal employers contract for medical services administration and staffing rather than discrete surgical interventions.

The issuing bodies in the recent-opportunities block span a broad municipal and county footprint—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System—but their work is benefits administration, medical staff augmentation, and health program management, not surgical-repair procurement. Geographic activity appears across Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida, but again, the purchasing activity is administrative and operational rather than aligned with the code's surgical scope. The mismatch between code assignment and actual work scope suggests this Commodity code either is being misapplied in state and local procurement systems or captures a negligible portion of those organizations' medical contracting activity. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for state and local opportunities unless a future opportunity explicitly solicits orthopedic surgical repair services under it.