UNSPSC 85715716: Inspection of cervical vertebral joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to inspection of cervical 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 0RJ10ZZ

UNSPSC 85715716 Inspection of cervical vertebral joint, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope and the state and local opportunities recently posted under it. The code's title suggests orthopedic surgical inspection procedures, yet the recent solicitations captured do not include surgical or procedural medical inspection work; instead, they span pharmacy benefit management, occupational health surveillance, temporary health professional staffing pools, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-out networks, and emergency youth detention healthcare. The mismatch indicates that this code either captures a narrow procedural category that state and local governments rarely procure in isolation, or that the tagging of recent opportunities to this code does not reflect their actual scope of work.

Activity under this code appears fragmented across multiple jurisdiction types, including county governments (Collier County, Santa Clara County, Harris County), state agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), and cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), with no dominant repeat buyer. Geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. The one opportunity most closely aligned to musculoskeletal inspection is the Washington State Department of Transportation occupational medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), which calls for baseline, periodic, and exit medical examinations performed by occupational-medicine-board-certified physicians across 14 ferry system locations; this is IFB-like cost-based scoring with a two-year term and renewal options through 2032. The City of Phoenix's independent medical evaluation RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) requires medical record review and physician examination coordination for approximately 75 annual disability pension applications over a five-year, $750,000 term, though this is pension-disability assessment rather than procedural inspection. Given the code's limited recent relevance to active state and local procurement, treating this as a watch rather than pursue opportunity is appropriate unless your firm specializes in occupational health surveillance or disability medical evaluation services.