UNSPSC 85716316: Fusion of 8 or more thoracic vertebral joints, posterior approach, anterior column, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of 8 or more thoracic vertebral joints, posterior approach, anterior column, 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 0RG83ZJ

UNSPSC 85716316 Fusion of 8 or more thoracic vertebral joints, posterior approach, anterior column, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The recent solicitations tagged to this code—independent medical evaluations for disability retirement determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefits, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—address workforce health administration, benefits design, clinical operations, and occupational safety. None of these opportunities involve spinal fusion surgery, vertebral joint procedures, or surgical implants of any kind. The code's clinical specificity (a defined surgical procedure with anatomical precision) does not map to the administrative and operational health-services work being bought by state and local governments under this tag.

State and local procurement offices appear to have misapplied this code to health services and benefits contracting opportunities rather than surgical procedures. No recent opportunities reflect actual fusion surgery procurement, surgical device supply, or hospital surgical-service capacity for this specific procedure type. If your firm pursues state and local health contracting, treat this code as a false positive and rely instead on the specific issuing bodies and opportunity names shown in the source—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County, and County of Santa Clara Health System—which are active in health administration and staffing but not in surgical-procedure procurement under this code.