UNSPSC 85716516: Excision of cervical vertebral joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision 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 0RB13ZZ

UNSPSC 85716516 Excision of cervical vertebral joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its clinical descriptor and current state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged under this code do not solicit surgical procedures or medical devices for cervical spine intervention; instead, they reflect procurement of broader healthcare administration and management services including inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management (PBM) administration, virtual primary and urgent care platform services, peer support worker training and support, and fire department emergency medical services medical direction. The disconnect between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement databases or that this code is being applied to healthcare contracting categories it does not describe.

The issuing bodies include county governments (Muscogee County in Georgia; Collier County and Monroe County in Florida; San Mateo County in California) and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica, California), spanning the Southeast and West Coast. Representative recent opportunities include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 for comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 7,200 employees and dependents with historical annual spend of $8.7 million (due April 9, 2026), and Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for 2,300 county members effective October 1, 2026 (due April 16, 2026). The code's recent activity does not reflect procurement of orthopedic surgical services or related medical devices—the clinical scope the code nominally describes. Business development professionals evaluating this code should verify correct coding assignment with potential customers before resource allocation.