UNSPSC 85716180: Reposition thoracic vertebral joint with internal fixation device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition thoracic vertebral joint with internal fixation device, percutaneous 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 0RS634Z

UNSPSC 85716180 Reposition thoracic vertebral joint with internal fixation device, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities posted under this code involve medical and health benefit administration services — pharmacy benefit management, occupational health surveillance, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefits, and emergency medical services for detained youth — none of which align with orthopedic surgical procedures or spinal fixation devices that the code's name describes.

State and local procurement officers appear to have misclassified these opportunities under an orthopedic surgery code when they should instead sit under health services administration, staffing, or benefits management families. The absence of actual device procurement, surgical equipment, or orthopedic procedure-related solicitations under this code suggests either that spinal fixation work is not currently being competitively solicited by state and local bodies in the tracked opportunity set, or that when such procurement does occur, it is coded differently. Pursuing this code as written — for medical devices and surgical procedures — is not supported by recent state and local activity.