UNSPSC 85716008: Extirpation of matter from cervical vertebral joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from 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 0RC10ZZ

UNSPSC 85716008 Extirpation of matter from cervical vertebral joint, open approach is a Commodity code that bears no meaningful relationship to the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under it. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure — removal of material from the cervical spine through an open surgical approach — yet the six recent opportunities posted under this code solicit medical administration, benefits management, occupational health surveillance, and staffing services, none of which involve surgical procedures on the cervical spine or any orthopedic surgery.

The mismatch between code and scope is complete and consistent across all recent opportunities. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office seeks disability medical record summary and independent medical examination scheduling; the City of Long Beach seeks a surgical procedure carve-out benefit program coordinating Centers of Excellence; the Washington State Department of Transportation seeks occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department seeks emergency and specialty hospital services for detained youth; Collier County seeks pharmacy benefit management; and Santa Clara County Health System seeks temporary ancillary clinical staffing. None of these solicitations involve cervical spine surgery or any orthopedic surgical intervention. This code shows little relevant recent procurement activity and appears to be a tagging error in the underlying procurement databases.