UNSPSC 85716268: Inspection of cervical vertebral joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to inspection of cervical vertebral joint, 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 0RJ13ZZ

UNSPSC 85716268 Inspection of cervical vertebral joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific medical diagnostic procedure—does not match the work being solicited under it in current state and local opportunities. Recent postings tagged to this code instead reflect broad procurement for medical evaluation services, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, specialty medical carve-outs, and temporary clinical staffing—none of which involve cervical spine imaging or procedure-specific diagnostics. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the sourcing data or a fundamental disconnect between the code's clinical definition and how state and local procurement offices are actually deploying it.

Activity appears across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, but the opportunities themselves bear no meaningful relationship to cervical vertebral joint inspection. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) seeks disability medical record summary and independent medical evaluation services; the Washington State Department of Transportation (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) solicits occupational medical surveillance; the City of Long Beach (RFP HR26753, due October 7, 2026) requests a surgical benefit carve-out program; and Collier County (RFP 25-8414) is procuring pharmacy benefit management. None of these opportunities involve the diagnostic imaging or interventional procedures the code nominally describes. For business development purposes, this code shows little actionable procurement signal in its current application.