UNSPSC 85724821: Insertion of spacer into lumbar vertebral disc, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of spacer into 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 0SH208Z

UNSPSC 85724821 Insertion of spacer into lumbar vertebral disc, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The recent opportunities tagged to this code — independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations (City of Phoenix), surgery carve-out benefits for municipal employees (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency and specialty care for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories (Santa Clara County) — do not align with orthopedic implant procurement or spinal surgery procedures. None of these solicitations concern the purchase, inventory, or supply of spinal spacer devices or implants for surgical use; rather, they address administrative and clinical staffing, benefits management, and examinations related to employee and public health administration. The code appears to have been incorrectly applied to health-services contracting activity that falls outside its nominal scope of surgical implant commodities.

State and local procurement under this code does not currently show material activity in recent solicitations. The issuing bodies identified in the source — municipal retirement offices, city human-resources departments, state transportation agencies, county health systems, and county commissioners — do not typically source orthopedic implants through open RFP or RFQ processes. Spinal device procurement, when it occurs at state and local level, is more commonly embedded within larger hospital supply contracts, Group Purchasing Organization agreements, or vendor-direct relationships managed through clinical departments rather than appearing as standalone Commodity-level solicitations. This code warrants close monitoring for mismatch between nominal UNSPSC classification and actual procurement intent before pursuing or allocating resources.