UNSPSC 85717029: Drainage of cervical vertebral disc, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of cervical vertebral disc, 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 0R934ZZ

UNSPSC 85717029 Drainage of cervical vertebral disc, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not correspond to the state and local contract opportunities in the source material. The recent solicitations are tagged under this code but involve medical administrative services, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical procedure networks—none of which relate to a specific spinal surgery procedure. The code appears to have been misapplied to general healthcare procurement activity rather than the discrete surgical intervention its name describes. State and local buyers do not appear to be soliciting this particular procedure as a standalone commodity.

The sourced opportunities reveal state and local engagement with healthcare vendors across multiple domains: the City of Phoenix is procuring independent medical evaluation services for disability determinations; the City of Long Beach is requesting a surgical carve-out program managing multiple procedure types through Centers of Excellence; Washington State Ferries is sourcing occupational medical surveillance across 14 locations; Harris County Juvenile Probation is gathering information on emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth; Collier County is requesting pharmacy benefit management; and Santa Clara County Health System is establishing a vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing. The jurisdictions span Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas, representing cities, counties, state departments, and health systems. Geographic and activity diversity here does not signal meaningful procurement volume under the code itself; the mismatch between code and actual work suggests that business development professionals should verify code assignment with issuing bodies before investing pursuit effort.