UNSPSC 85716833: Fusion of 2 to 7 thoracic vertebral joints, anterior approach, anterior column, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of 2 to 7 thoracic vertebral joints, anterior approach, anterior column, 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 0RG74Z0

UNSPSC 85716833, Fusion of 2 to 7 thoracic vertebral joints, anterior approach, anterior column, percutaneous endoscopic approach, is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six most recent opportunities tagged to this code—medical record review and disability benefit evaluation services (City of Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-out programs (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (County of Santa Clara Health System)—are all health plan administration, occupational health screening, detention healthcare, pharmacy network management, and clinical staffing services. None involve spinal fusion surgery, orthopedic procedural codes, or the operative and perioperative services that the UNSPSC commodity descriptor nominally represents. The code appears to have been applied to these opportunities in error or as a default classification by the issuing bodies' procurement systems.

State and local healthcare procurement under this code does not align with its surgical-procedure nomenclature. No opportunities in the recent block describe the acquisition of spinal fusion capabilities, surgeon networks, implant procurement, facility readiness, or any other element of orthopedic service delivery. Firms pursuing state and local business in spinal surgery, orthopedic services, or related clinical networks should not rely on this code as a reliable signal for relevant opportunities and should instead monitor health plan RFPs, surgical network requests, and Centers of Excellence solicitations under broader health services classifications.