UNSPSC 85715427: Removal of infusion device from cervicothoracic vertebral disc, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of infusion device from cervicothoracic 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 0RP5X3Z

UNSPSC 85715427, Removal of infusion device from cervicothoracic vertebral disc, external approach, is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity under this designation. The code appears to describe a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities tagged with this code reflect instead occupational health surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management administration, surgical benefit carve-out programs, temporary ancillary clinical staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. None of these solicitations involve removal of infusion devices from vertebral discs or spine surgery procurement. The mismatch suggests either classification error in the source data or that the code is being used to tag medical services and staffing broadly rather than the discrete surgical procedure its name denotes.

The issuing bodies across these recent opportunities span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems and human services agencies (Santa Clara County Health System, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners), municipal retirement boards (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), and city employee health programs (City of Long Beach). Geographic distribution includes California, Texas, Washington, Arizona, and Florida. Representative recent solicitations include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026, covering 14 ferry system locations statewide with occupational medicine physician examinations), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (due October 16, 2026, covering approximately 75 annual disability benefit applications at $750,000 over five years), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing qualification vehicle (due October 7, 2026, establishing a non-exclusive qualified vendor pool across 13 ancillary clinical categories). Given the disconnect between the code's nominal scope and the work actually tagged, practitioners should verify whether this code remains active in their target jurisdictions' procurement systems or whether these opportunities reflect data classification anomalies.