UNSPSC 85725267: Removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from lumbar vertebral joint, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from lumbar vertebral joint, percutaneous 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 0SP03KZ

UNSPSC 85725267, "Removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from lumbar vertebral joint, percutaneous approach," is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure code—one of thousands in the CPT/clinical taxonomy—and does not align with the actual work state and local governments are sourcing. The six recent opportunities tagged to this code cover independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational health surveillance, detention-facility healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary ancillary clinical staffing; none involve lumbar vertebral joint procedures or the orthopedic surgical services the code nominally describes.

State and local procurement offices appear to have tagged these diverse health-services solicitations to the code in error or as a catch-all proxy for medical and healthcare sourcing broadly. Business development professionals evaluating this code should not treat recent activity under this UNSPSC as reliable signal for pursuing contracts in spinal or orthopedic surgery services. The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the actual solicitations—which span administrative health support, benefit design, and staffing—suggests the code is not functioning as a meaningful filter for orthopedic procedure-related state and local procurement. Verify code alignment directly with issuing bodies before investing in pursuit.