UNSPSC 85715653: Removal of drainage device from thoracolumbar vertebral joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from thoracolumbar 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 0RPA00Z

UNSPSC 85715653 Removal of drainage device from thoracolumbar vertebral joint, open approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope — a specific surgical procedure — does not align with the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it. The six recent solicitations in the source materially diverge from the code's procedure-specific definition and instead reflect demand for occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical center-of-excellence networks, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. None of these service categories involve removal of drainage devices or spinal procedures; the code shows little relevant recent activity under its stated scope.

Geographic spread across the opportunities spans Washington State (occupational medical surveillance via Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries), Arizona (independent medical evaluation services via City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (surgical center-of-excellence networks via City of Long Beach; temporary health professional staffing via County of Santa Clara Health System), Texas (emergency medical services via Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and Florida (pharmacy benefit management via Collier County Board of County Commissioners). Issuing bodies include state departments, counties, cities, and county health systems. Without a coherent body of activity under the code's actual commodity definition, business development professionals should treat this code as dormant for procurement purposes and verify code assignment when opportunities appear in future solicitations.