UNSPSC 85717034: Destruction of thoracolumbar vertebral joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of thoracolumbar 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 0R5A4ZZ

UNSPSC 85717034 Destruction of thoracolumbar vertebral joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged under this code reflect administrative and occupational health services rather than surgical procedures. The code's nominal scope—a spinal surgical procedure—does not match the work actually being solicited by state and local governments in the recent opportunities block.

State and local sources have recently posted opportunities for independent medical evaluation services for public safety pension systems, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty surgical care networks for municipal employees, and inpatient and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve the specific spinal surgical procedure the code describes. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office, Washington State Department of Transportation, City of Long Beach, Collier County Board of Commissioners, County of Santa Clara Health System, and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department represent the issuing bodies, spanning state agencies, counties, and municipal health systems across Arizona, Washington, California, and Texas. The mismatch between the code's surgical procedure designation and the administrative, occupational health, and staffing services actually being bought suggests either a classification error in how opportunities were tagged or that this code does not reflect current state and local procurement demand for the procedure it nominally describes.