UNSPSC 85716934: Fusion of cervical vertebral joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, posterior approach, anterior column, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fusion of cervical vertebral joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0RG14KJ

UNSPSC 85716934 Fusion of cervical vertebral joint with nonautologous tissue substitute, posterior approach, anterior column, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity bears no meaningful connection to its nominal medical procedure description. The recent opportunities tagged under this code span independent medical evaluations for public safety disability benefits, surgical procedure carve-out benefit programs for city employees, occupational medical surveillance for ferries workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which describes a specific spinal fusion procedure or any surgical service line. The issuing bodies are mixed: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office managing pension boards; the City of Long Beach; the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department; Collier County Board of County Commissioners; and the County of Santa Clara Health System. The code appears to be a classification artifact rather than an active procurement category for medical device or surgical services that state and local governments are actually purchasing under this taxonomy code.

No recent state and local contract opportunities soliciting spinal fusion implants, orthopedic devices, or related surgical products appear in the source. The mismatch between the code's explicit scope—a specific surgical procedure—and the health-services-administration work actually being solicited suggests this code does not reflect active procurement demand for the device or procedure it nominally describes at the state and local level, or that the opportunities were incorrectly tagged. A procurement professional evaluating whether to pursue work under this code should verify with issuing bodies whether they intend spine-surgery-related procurements or whether the tagging reflects a data quality issue.