UNSPSC 85725037: Destruction of lumbosacral disc, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of lumbosacral 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 0S540ZZ

UNSPSC 85725037 Destruction of lumbosacral disc, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal medical procedure scope. The six most recent opportunities tagged to this code involve independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty hospital services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which concern spinal surgery or the procedural destruction of intervertebral discs. The code appears to be a misapplication in state and local procurement systems, where medical codes from clinical taxonomies do not map reliably to the service categories state and local buyers actually use for health care procurement.

No representative recent opportunities under this code address the nominal procedure or its clinical correlates.