UNSPSC 85716013: Excision of cervicothoracic vertebral disc, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of cervicothoracic 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 0RB50ZZ

UNSPSC 85716013 Excision of cervicothoracic vertebral disc, open approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope — a specific surgical procedure — bears no relationship to the opportunities posted against it. Recent solicitations tagged to this code cover occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, specialty surgical networks, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth detention — none of which involve vertebral disc excision or any surgical procedures aligned with the code name. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding across multiple issuing bodies or data quality issues in the source material. No meaningful market signal for the code's stated scope can be extracted from these opportunities.

The geographic spread of the misaligned opportunities spans multiple states — Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County). Issuing bodies include city retirement offices, municipal health benefits functions, state transportation agencies, county juvenile probation departments, county human resources divisions, and health systems. Response dates across the block range from September 25, 2026 through October 9, 2026, with one outlier (Collier County RFP 25-8414) showing an April 9, 2026 deadline that predates the current date. The volume and diversity of issuers posting against a surgical-procedure commodity code indicate the tagging is unreliable for business development purposes under this code.