UNSPSC 85716022: Drainage of thoracic vertebral disc with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of thoracic vertebral disc with drainage device, 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 0R9900Z

UNSPSC 85716022, Drainage of thoracic vertebral disc with drainage device, open approach, is a Commodity code. The recent state and local procurement activity tagged to this code shows no substantive alignment with the code's nominal medical procedure scope. Instead, the opportunities solicited under this code encompass occupational medical surveillance, disability benefit medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical procedure networks for government employees, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody—none of which involve thoracic vertebral disc drainage procedures or surgical implantation of drainage devices. The mismatch suggests either systematic misclassification by issuing bodies or a data-coding artifact; the code reports little relevant recent activity tied to its stated procedure.

The issuing bodies across these records span state departments, county governments, and city procurement offices: the Washington State Department of Transportation (ferries division), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System. Geographic spread includes Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance services RFP (due October 9, 2026) covering 14 ferry system locations, requiring board-certified occupational physicians; the City of Phoenix's independent medical evaluation services RFP (due October 16, 2026) for disability benefit determinations covering approximately 75 annual applications with a $750,000 maximum five-year contract value; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing qualification vehicle (due October 7, 2026) establishing a non-exclusive vendor pool across 13 ancillary clinical specialties with no guaranteed work volume.