UNSPSC 85716657: Supplement thoracolumbar vertebral joint with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement thoracolumbar vertebral joint with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0RUA4JZ

UNSPSC 85716657 Supplement thoracolumbar vertebral joint with synthetic substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code with little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure and implant, but the six recent opportunities posted under this code do not align with vertebral joint supplementation or spinal device procurement. Instead, the tagged solicitations cover independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve procurement of thoracolumbar vertebral implants or related surgical devices. This mismatch suggests either miscoding by the issuing bodies or that the code has been applied as a catch-all category for healthcare-related services without specificity to implantable medical devices.

The issuing bodies using this code include a municipal retirement office (City of Phoenix), a city employee health benefits program (City of Long Beach), a state transportation department (Washington State Department of Transportation), a county juvenile probation department (Harris County), a county health system (Collier County), and a county health system (Santa Clara County) — a mix of state and local health purchasing across multiple jurisdictions in Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Without concrete recent opportunities in spinal implant procurement under this code, pursuing it would require clarification from issuing bodies on whether the code is properly assigned to their actual buying activity or whether related spinal device procurement occurs under different UNSPSC classifications.