UNSPSC 85715518: Revision of drainage device in thoracic vertebral disc, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of drainage device in thoracic vertebral disc, open 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 0RW900Z

UNSPSC 85715518, Revision of drainage device in thoracic vertebral disc, open approach, is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The code describes a specific surgical procedure involving spinal implant revision, but the six recent opportunities posted under this code involve occupational and disability medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out networks, independent medical evaluations for pension boards, youth detention healthcare services, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve thoracic vertebral disc procedures or spine implants. State and local procurement offices appear to have misapplied this code to healthcare administration and staffing services rather than the orthopedic surgical device or procedure it nominally describes.

The geographic spread of these opportunities spans Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara Health System), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), with no concentration in any single state or region. Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Ferries medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) seeking occupational medical examinations across 14 ferry system locations, the City of Phoenix Retirement Office independent medical evaluation RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) for disability pension determination services at $750,000 over five years, and the County of Santa Clara Health System temporary health professional staffing RFQ (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) for a non-exclusive qualified vendor pool across multiple ancillary clinical categories. Given the mismatch between the code's orthopedic surgical scope and the healthcare administration and staffing work actually being solicited, this code shows little actionable recent activity for vendors in the spinal implant or surgical device market.