UNSPSC 85716916: Fusion of 2 or more cervical vertebral joints, posterior approach, anterior column, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of 2 or more cervical vertebral joints, posterior 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 0RG24ZJ

UNSPSC 85716916 Fusion of 2 or more cervical vertebral joints, posterior approach, anterior column, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not map to state and local government procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure and is not present in recent state and local contract opportunities. The source records show state and local issuers soliciting occupational and disability medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, surgical center-of-excellence carve-out programs, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention healthcare — none of which involve the surgical procedure named in the code.

No state and local procurement activity appears under this code. The mismatch between the code's clinical scope (a specified cervical spinal fusion technique) and actual state and local buying patterns (administrative medical services, staffing, and health plan management) suggests the code is either misapplied in state and local taxonomies or rarely if ever used for public-sector contracting.