UNSPSC 85725008: Extirpation of matter from lumbar vertebral joint, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from lumbar vertebral 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 0SC00ZZ

UNSPSC 85725008 Extirpation of matter from lumbar vertebral joint, open approach is a Commodity code whose nominal descriptor—a specific surgical procedure—does not align with the state and local opportunities recently tagged under it. The recent solicitations span occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing pools, surgical procedure carve-out benefits for municipal employees, and emergency/specialty medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve spinal surgery or orthopedic procedures matching the code's clinical title. State and local issuing bodies tagging work under this code include county departments of transportation, health systems, retirement boards, and juvenile probation departments, alongside municipal employee benefits offices. The mismatch between the code's ostensible scope and actual recent procurement activity suggests either systematic miscoding of medical and health services under this commodity or that the code's use in state and local procurement systems does not reflect its intended surgical definition.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans Washington, Arizona, California, Texas, and Florida. Representative opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP 20260825 for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP 26001 for independent medical evaluation services supporting disability retirement determinations (due October 16, 2026 at $750,000 over five years), the City of Long Beach's RFP HR26753 for surgical procedure carve-out benefits through Centers of Excellence (due October 7, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFSQ HHS FY270052 establishing a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). Given the systematic misalignment between the code name and actual procurement work, this code shows little relevant recent activity for vendors pursuing spine surgery or orthopedic implant business.