UNSPSC 85715658: Removal of drainage device from thoracic vertebral disc, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage 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 0RP900Z

UNSPSC 85715658 Removal of drainage device from thoracic vertebral disc, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure—removal of a drainage device from the thoracic spine under open surgical approach—but the recent solicitations tagged under this code do not match this narrow clinical scope. Instead, the opportunities span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical procedure carve-out networks for government health plans, temporary health professional staffing pools, and specialty medical services for youth in detention. None of these activities involve spinal surgical procedures or drainage-device removal. The mismatch suggests either a classification error in the source data or that state and local procurement offices are using this code as a catch-all for health services that do not map cleanly to the UNSPSC taxonomy.

The issuing bodies across the opportunities include city retirement offices (Phoenix), city health plan administrators (Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county probation agencies (Harris County), county human resources and health systems (Collier County, Santa Clara County), and regional public health systems. Geographic activity centers on Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no standout repeat buyer across the recent postings. Representative opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (proposals due October 9, 2026) for baseline and periodic examinations across 14 ferry locations under occupational-medicine physician supervision; the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (proposals due October 16, 2026) supporting disability determinations for approximately 75 annual applications at a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's multiple-award qualification solicitation for temporary health professional staffing (proposals due October 7, 2026) across 13 ancillary clinical categories on a non-exclusive, no-guarantee basis. The code shows little relevant recent activity and does not support focused business-development pursuit.