UNSPSC 85716509: Excision of thoracolumbar vertebral disc, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of thoracolumbar vertebral disc, 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 0RBB3ZZ

UNSPSC 85716509 Excision of thoracolumbar vertebral disc, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal medical procedure scope and the actual state and local opportunities recently posted under it. The code's abstract name refers to a specific surgical intervention, but the recent solicitations tagged to it reflect a much broader procurement landscape spanning independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these opportunities directly procure the vertebral disc excision procedure itself or closely related surgical services. The issuing bodies span state departments, county governments, cities, and independent health systems—Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and Santa Clara Health System.

The geographic spread is limited to the states represented in recent postings: Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) seeking disability medical record summaries and physician examinations for approximately 75 annual pension applications at $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) for baseline, periodic, and exit examinations across 14 ferry terminal locations requiring physicians board-certified in occupational medicine; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing services qualification vehicle (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) establishing a multi-category vendor pool for ancillary clinical specialties. The code shows little relevant recent activity—the mismatch between the code's surgical procedure designation and the medical administration and staffing services actually being solicited suggests this code may be incorrectly applied to these opportunities or reflects data quality issues in the underlying tagging.