UNSPSC 85716405: Fusion of cervicothoracic vertebral joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, posterior approach, posterior column, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of cervicothoracic vertebral joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, posterior approach, posterior 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 0RG43K1

UNSPSC 85716405 Fusion of cervicothoracic vertebral joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, posterior approach, posterior column, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code—independent medical evaluations for disability retirement determinations, surgical carve-out benefits for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—describe health services administration, benefits contracting, and clinical staffing rather than spinal fusion surgery or orthopedic implant procedures. The code appears to classify a specific surgical procedure rather than a procurable product or service line, creating a mismatch between the code's clinical taxonomy and the work state and local government agencies actually solicit and contract for under it.

State and local procurement offices do not typically issue RFPs for individual surgical procedures; they contract for medical benefits administration, provider network services, staffing, and related operational support. The tagged opportunities span issuing bodies including Phoenix retirement boards, the City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation, Collier County, and Santa Clara County Health System, but none involve the purchase of spinal fusion services or related orthopedic procedures. This code does not appear to be an active procurement vector for business development purposes in state and local government.