UNSPSC 85716032: Drainage of cervical vertebral joint with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of cervical vertebral joint 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 0R9100Z

UNSPSC 85716032 Drainage of cervical vertebral joint with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful alignment with state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure—drainage of a cervical vertebral joint using an open surgical approach with an implanted drainage device—which falls within orthopedic and spinal surgery. Recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code, however, procure health benefit administration services, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary clinical staffing; none involve cervical spinal surgery or drainage devices. The mismatch indicates either a cataloging error in the source data or upstream tagging misalignment that renders this code unreliable for identifying actual surgical-procedure procurement at the state and local level.

The recent opportunities attributed to this code span Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington and include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026), the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical benefits carve-out programs (due October 7, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance (due October 9, 2026), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department's RFI for specialty medical services for detained youth (due September 25, 2026), Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management (deadline April 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFQ for temporary health professional staffing (due October 7, 2026). None of these solicitations involve spinal surgery, cervical procedures, or implantable devices. Until the code's tagging is corrected, practitioners should treat this code as inactive for substantive state and local surgical procurement purposes and rely on direct market research or alternative UNSPSC family codes for orthopedic and spinal surgical services.