UNSPSC 85717016: Excision of cervical vertebral joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of cervical vertebral joint, 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 0RB14ZZ

UNSPSC 85717016 Excision of cervical vertebral joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that sits at the bottom of a procedural taxonomy nominally intended to classify specific surgical techniques. The recent opportunities sourced under this code bear no meaningful relationship to the code's name and instead reflect state and local procurement of medical services, occupational health programs, pharmacy benefit administration, and clinical staffing — none of which involve spine surgery or percutaneous endoscopic procedures. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the underlying procurement databases or a fundamental divergence between the taxonomy's intended scope and how state and local entities are actually tagging their health-care and human-resources solicitations.

The geographic spread across the recent opportunities spans Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach and Santa Clara County), Washington State, Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County), with no clear concentration in any single jurisdiction or region. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, maximum compensation $750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services for Washington State Ferries personnel across 14 locations (due October 9, 2026, with pre-bid on August 31), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's solicitation to establish a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026, non-exclusive multiple-award structure with no guaranteed volume). Given the code's procedural name does not align with the actual scope of work being solicited, the code itself carries limited signal value for business development targeting state and local spine-surgery or endoscopic-procedure procurement.