UNSPSC 85715580: Resection of cervicothoracic vertebral joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to resection of cervicothoracic vertebral joint, 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 0RT40ZZ

UNSPSC 85715580 (Resection of cervicothoracic vertebral joint, open approach) is a Commodity code that does not map to current state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance, specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary ancillary clinical staffing—involve procurement of health services administration, benefit program management, occupational health surveillance, and staffing vendor qualification pools. None of these opportunities involve surgical procedures, orthopedic interventions, or clinical operations matching the code's nominal scope. The code appears to have been applied incorrectly or as a categorical placeholder across jurisdictions issuing health-related solicitations.

The recent opportunities span Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida, with issuing bodies including municipal retirement offices (City of Phoenix), city human resources and benefits departments (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara Health System), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile justice systems (Harris County), county health benefits consortiums (Collier County), and regional health systems. No pattern of repeat procurement or concentrated activity under this code's actual commodity scope is evident. A business development professional should treat this code as unreliable for targeting surgical services procurement and verify the actual scope against specific RFP documents before pursuing opportunities flagged under it.