UNSPSC 85716000: Joints spine, open approach-part F

This class includes one or more of 16 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the joints of the spine with open approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 0R.

UNSPSC 85716000 Joints spine, open approach-part F is a Class code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope—orthopedic surgical implants for spinal procedures—and the actual state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The recent opportunities capture instead a broad range of medical services and benefits administration work: independent medical evaluations for disability retirement determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for government employee health plans, occupational health surveillance, youth detention medical care, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve the procurement or implantation of spinal joint devices or orthopedic hardware. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, municipal health benefits departments, state transportation agencies, county health systems, county probation departments, and county commissioners' offices—a mix spanning urban and rural jurisdictions across multiple states.

The code's recent activity is geographically dispersed across Arizona (City of Phoenix, RFP for independent medical evaluations; due October 16, 2026), California (City of Long Beach, RFP for surgical benefit carve-out; due October 7, 2026; County of Santa Clara Health System, RFQ for temporary health professional staffing; due October 7, 2026), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation, RFP for occupational medical surveillance; due October 9, 2026), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, RFI for emergency and specialty medical services; due September 25, 2026), and Florida (Collier County Board of County Commissioners, RFP for pharmacy benefit management services; due April 9, 2026—a past-due date suggesting the opportunity may already be awarded or withdrawn). The code does not reflect genuine procurement of spinal orthopedic devices or related surgical implants under current state and local activity; the tagging mismatch suggests limited substantive opportunity in this code's core scope.