UNSPSC 85715657: Removal of infusion device from thoracic vertebral disc, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of infusion device from 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 0RP903Z

UNSPSC 85715657 Removal of infusion device from thoracic vertebral disc, open approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope — a surgical procedure code — bears no meaningful relationship to the state and local procurement activity currently tagged under it. The recent opportunities show no surgical procedures, device removals, or clinical interventions matching the code's stated definition. Instead, state and local buyers are soliciting independent medical evaluation services, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty surgical network carve-outs for employee health plans — none of which involve the specific procedure the code names. This code shows little relevant recent activity for the work actually being purchased under its UNSPSC label.

The six opportunities posted between July and September 2026 span Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, issued by a city pension board (Phoenix), city human resources departments (Long Beach), a state transportation department (Washington), a county juvenile probation department (Harris County, Texas), a county health consortium (Collier County, Florida), and a regional health system (Santa Clara County, California). The mismatch between the code's procedural definition and the administrative, staffing, and managed-care services actually being procured suggests that this UNSPSC category may be incorrectly assigned by issuing bodies or data systems, rendering it an unreliable signal for business development targeting in this market segment.