UNSPSC 85724800: Joints lower spine, open approach-part D

This class includes one or more of 16 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the joints of the lower spine with open approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 0S.

UNSPSC 85724800 Joints lower spine, open approach-part D is a Class code with limited recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it bear no meaningful relationship to spine surgery or orthopedic medical devices. Instead, the recent solicitations cover inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for mental health workers, and fire department medical direction — none of which align with the code's intended scope of spinal joint procedures or surgical implants. The mismatch between the code's definition and the actual work being bought suggests either systematic miscoding in the procurement database or incidental capture of healthcare-related solicitations under an orthopedic code.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Georgia (Muscogee County Prison, Columbus Consolidated Government), Florida (Collier County and Monroe County Boards of County Commissioners), California (San Mateo County Health Services and Santa Monica Fire Department), and mixed issuing bodies spanning county governments, consolidated city-county authorities, and special-purpose health and fire districts. Response dates range from April 2026 (Muscogee County Prison inmate medical services RFP, due May 15, 2026; Collier County pharmacy benefit management RFP, due April 9, 2026) to April 2026 (Monroe County virtual primary and urgent care services RFP, due April 16, 2026). Given the fundamental disconnect between the UNSPSC code title and the content of recent opportunities, this code does not represent a reliable or active procurement stream for the services it nominally describes.