UNSPSC 85715617: Replacement of thoracic vertebral disc with autologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of thoracic vertebral disc with autologous tissue substitute, 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 0RR907Z

UNSPSC 85715617 Replacement of thoracic vertebral disc with autologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal medical procedure classification. The six recent opportunities posted across state and local issuers — ranging from independent medical evaluation services and occupational medical surveillance to pharmacy benefit management and temporary health professional staffing — do not reflect procurement of thoracic vertebral disc replacement procedures or implant-related services. The code's clinical-procedure specificity does not match the administrative health services, managed care infrastructure, occupational health, and staffing-pool contracting that actually dominate recent postings under this code number.

The City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), Washington State Department of Transportation, Collier County (Florida), County of Santa Clara (California), City of Long Beach (California), and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas) have posted recent opportunities tagged to this code, but their scopes — independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations, ferry-worker occupational surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary ancillary clinical staffing, surgical center-of-excellence carve-outs, and youth detention healthcare — reflect administrative and operational health services rather than orthopedic implant procurement. The code's narrow procedural taxonomy does not align with state and local government's actual buying patterns in recent months, suggesting either systematic miscoding at the point of posting or minimal procurement activity under the intended commodity scope.