UNSPSC 85725006: Extirpation of matter from lumbosacral joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from lumbosacral joint, 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 0SC30ZZ

UNSPSC 85725006 Extirpation of matter from lumbosacral joint, open approach is a Commodity code whose recent state and local activity shows a significant mismatch: the code nominally describes a surgical procedure on the spine, yet the recent opportunities tagged under it encompass occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs, and emergency youth detention medical services. None of these solicitations involve spinal surgery or the orthopedic procedure the code name suggests. The issuing bodies include state transportation departments, counties, municipalities, and special-purpose health systems — a wide mix of public entities — but the work being solicited bears no relationship to the code's stated scope.

The recent opportunities span Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers), Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management), California (Santa Clara County temporary health professional staffing and Long Beach surgical benefit carve-outs), Arizona (City of Phoenix independent medical evaluations), and Texas (Harris County juvenile probation emergency and specialty medical services). The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal definition of spinal extirpation surgery; the opportunities appear to reflect tagging errors in state and local procurement systems rather than genuine procurement activity under the code's intended scope.