UNSPSC 85724746: Removal of drainage device from lumbar vertebral disc, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from lumbar vertebral 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 0SP200Z

UNSPSC 85724746 Removal of drainage device from lumbar vertebral disc, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with state and local government procurement activity in the recent record. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the six recent opportunities posted under or near this code—spanning Phoenix, Long Beach, Washington State, Harris County, Collier County, and Santa Clara County—solicit occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical care-out networks, emergency medical services for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve lumbar spinal procedures or drainage-device removal. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by state and local procurement offices or that this Commodity code is being used as a catch-all medical-services placeholder rather than for its precise procedural definition.

The recent opportunities show state and local jurisdictions procuring broad medical administration, medical staffing, and benefits-management services through RFPs and RFQs with response dates between September and October 2026. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal governments (Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara County), county probation departments (Harris County), and county commissioners (Collier County). Given the code's lack of alignment with actual procurement scope and the absence of opportunities genuinely seeking spinal-procedure clinical services, this Commodity code shows little actionable activity for vendors seeking state and local contract work in surgical or procedural care.