UNSPSC 85715936: Fusion of cervical vertebral joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, anterior approach, anterior column, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of cervical vertebral joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, anterior approach, anterior column, 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 0RG10K0

UNSPSC 85715936 Fusion of cervical vertebral joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, anterior approach, anterior column, open approach is a Commodity code that bears no alignment with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The three recent opportunities posted under this code—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations (City of Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees (City of Long Beach), and occupational medical surveillance for ferry system workers (Washington State Department of Transportation)—address occupational health administration, employee benefits management, and workforce medical monitoring rather than orthopedic surgical procedures. A fourth opportunity from Harris County Juvenile Probation Department seeks specialty medical services for detained youth, and a fifth from Collier County solicits pharmacy benefit management. None of these solicitations contemplate cervical fusion procedures, implants, or related surgical inventory.

The code shows no relevant recent activity. The tagging of administrative health services, benefits procurement, and occupational medicine under a specific surgical procedure code suggests a taxonomy mismatch rather than market demand for the procedure itself. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for procurement purposes and cross-reference the actual services being bought—medical record review, benefits administration, occupational health screening, and pharmacy management—under their correct UNSPSC classifications.