UNSPSC 85716932: Fusion of cervical vertebral joint, posterior approach, posterior column, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of cervical vertebral joint, 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 0RG14Z1

UNSPSC 85716932 Fusion of cervical vertebral joint, posterior approach, posterior column, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six opportunities tagged under this code—including independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—represent administrative and occupational health procurement, not surgical procedural services. The code's nominal scope describes a specific cervical fusion technique, but the actual opportunities solicited by state and local bodies address benefit administration, workforce medical compliance, and clinical staffing placement—categories that fall outside the procedural surgery taxonomy the code represents.

This mismatch indicates either miscoding at the source or that the state and local procurement infrastructure has not yet adopted UNSPSC coding that precisely captures surgical procedure carve-outs, occupational health screening, or benefits administration at the commodity level. Business development professionals should not pursue work under this code based on these solicitations; instead, watch for state and local bodies to establish separate procurement vehicles for surgical center-of-excellence networks (as Long Beach's Anthem PPO carve-out suggests may emerge) and occupational health services frameworks (as Washington State Ferries' occupational medical surveillance RFP demonstrates). The active opportunity set signals demand for benefits administration and occupational health procurement, but neither maps cleanly to this surgical procedure code.