UNSPSC 85725768: Removal of synthetic substitute from lumbar vertebral joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of synthetic substitute from lumbar vertebral joint, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0SP04JZ

UNSPSC 85725768 Removal of synthetic substitute from lumbar vertebral joint, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that reflects a highly specialized surgical procedure classification, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show little alignment with the nominal scope. Instead, the solicitations span occupational medical surveillance, disability benefit medical record review, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out benefits for public employees, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical services for youth in detention. None of these opportunities involve lumbar vertebral joint procedures or the specific surgical intervention the code nominally describes. The issuing bodies include state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county commissioners (Collier County, Harris County, Santa Clara County), cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), and a city retirement office. This suggests the code may be misapplied in tagging these opportunities, or the code itself is used as a catch-all for medical and health-related services procurement by state and local entities that lack more precise UNSPSC classifications for benefits administration, occupational health, or clinical staffing.

Recent activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with no standout geographic concentration. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years) supporting disability pension determinations; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026); the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical benefit carve-out management (HR26753, due October 7, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's qualification solicitation for temporary ancillary health professional staffing (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). The code shows no relevant recent activity for the procedure it nominally describes; firms pursuing work under this classification should verify whether opportunities are genuinely orthopedic surgical in scope or whether the code reflects a data-entry error by the issuing body.