UNSPSC 85716944: Fusion of cervical vertebral joint with autologous tissue 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 cervical vertebral joint with autologous tissue 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 0RG1471

UNSPSC 85716944 Fusion of cervical vertebral joint with autologous tissue substitute, posterior approach, posterior column, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its clinical procedure name and recent state and local procurement activity. The code appears nominally to describe a specific surgical technique for cervical spine fusion, yet the six recent state and local solicitations tagged to this code procure independent medical evaluations, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, surgical benefit carve-outs, youth detention medical services, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve cervical fusion procedures or autologous tissue grafting. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the source data or use of a catch-all procedure code for disparate health-service procurement across issuing bodies that do not specialize in orthopedic surgery contracting.

Recent activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas issuing bodies, including city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal health systems (Long Beach, Santa Clara County), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county probation departments (Harris County), and county health consortiums (Collier County). Representative solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services with a $750,000 five-year maximum (proposals due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance at 14 ferry locations statewide (due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award qualification pool for temporary ancillary health professional staffing across 13 clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). The code does not reflect a coherent procurement category for cervical spine procedures and warrants clarification with the issuing bodies or a code reclassification check.