UNSPSC 85716838: Fusion of 2 to 7 thoracic vertebral joints with synthetic substitute, posterior approach, posterior 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 with synthetic substitute, posterior approach, posterior 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 0RG74J1

UNSPSC 85716838, Fusion of 2 to 7 thoracic vertebral joints with synthetic substitute, posterior approach, posterior column, percutaneous endoscopic approach (Commodity), does not align with the recent state and local contract opportunities present in the source material. The code nominally describes a specific spinal fusion surgical procedure, but the six recent opportunities posted between July and September 2026 solicit independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve the procurement or delivery of spinal fusion procedures or related orthopedic surgical implants. The opportunities instead reflect state and local government purchasing of healthcare administration, clinical staffing, and medical management services that are unrelated to the code's narrow clinical scope.

The source provides no evidence that state and local procurement offices are actively issuing opportunities under this UNSPSC code for the procedure it nominally describes, nor does it identify issuing bodies, geographic regions, or recent bids that would support pursuit of this code. The mismatch between the code definition and the actual opportunities in the dataset suggests either a data-tagging error by the source or that this code sees minimal state and local activity. Given the lack of relevant recent solicitation activity aligned with the code's scope, this code shows no actionable signal for business development targeting state and local government procurement.