UNSPSC 85725526: Drainage of lumbosacral disc with drainage device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of lumbosacral disc with drainage device, 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 0S9430Z

UNSPSC 85725526 Drainage of lumbosacral disc with drainage device, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that exhibits no meaningful alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific neurosurgical procedure — percutaneous drainage of a herniated lumbar disc using a drainage catheter — yet the recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing, independent medical evaluations for retirement disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefits programs, and pediatric detention healthcare. None of these solicitations involve spinal procedures, drainage devices, or the clinical intervention the code name describes. The mismatch appears systemic: state and local procurement offices are either mis-tagging health services and benefits-administration work under a clinical procedure code, or the code is being used as a catch-all placeholder for health services broadly rather than as a discrete procedural identifier.

Recent opportunities soliciting under this code originate from a mixed issuing-body base including county health systems (Santa Clara County, Harris County Juvenile Probation), municipal pension boards (Phoenix Fire and Police Pension Boards), city human resources and benefits divisions (Long Beach, Collier County), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), and county boards of commissioners (Collier County). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services ($750,000 over five years, due October 16, 2026); the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (due October 9, 2026 with a pre-bid conference scheduled for August 31); the City of Long Beach's RFP for a surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit program (due October 7, 2026, targeting go-live April 1, 2027); and Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 enrolled employees with historical annual pharmacy spending near $8.7 million (initial three-year term effective January 1, 2026). The code shows substantial recent activity, but the work being bought bears no direct connection to the procedure the code nominally describes.