UNSPSC 85716536: Destruction of thoracic vertebral joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of thoracic 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 0R563ZZ

UNSPSC 85716536 Destruction of thoracic vertebral joint, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no material alignment between its nominal clinical procedure scope and the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it. The tagged opportunities span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out networks, emergency medical services for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve thoracic vertebral joint destruction procedures. The mismatch suggests either inconsistent code assignment by issuing bodies or classification drift in how this code is being applied at the state and local level.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County), with activity concentrated in municipal and county health-benefits purchasing rather than clinical procedure provision. Without recent opportunities that substantively address the code's ostensible scope, this code does not present a clear signal of active state and local procurement demand for the service as formally named.