UNSPSC 85724529: Revision of nonautologous tissue substitute in lumbosacral disc, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of nonautologous tissue substitute in lumbosacral disc, open 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 0SW40KZ

UNSPSC 85724529 Revision of nonautologous tissue substitute in lumbosacral disc, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six most recent opportunities posted under or near this code span independent medical evaluations for pension boards, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employees, occupational health surveillance for state ferry workers, emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve spinal disc tissue substitutes or spine surgery implants. The code's nominal scope describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure and consumable, yet the recent solicitations reflect general healthcare administration, benefits management, and occupational health services procurement that fall outside the device or implant category the code names.

State and local procurement offices rarely issue direct RFPs or RFQs for individual spinal implants or tissue substitutes at the commodity level; such products are typically procured through group purchasing organizations, hospital supply contracts, or integrated surgical-services agreements negotiated at the health system or county level rather than as standalone solicitations. The absence of recent Commodity-level activity under this code suggests that spine-surgery implants, when purchased by state and local entities, are procured upstream through GPO agreements or bundled into broader orthopedic or surgical-services vehicle contracts rather than through discrete RFPs tagged to this code. Vendors pursuing spine-implant sales to state and local health systems should monitor higher-tier orthopedic-surgery and surgical-services codes and track GPO and cooperative-purchasing vehicle activity rather than watch this Commodity code directly.