UNSPSC 85763031: Inspection of lower back, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to inspection of lower back, 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 0WJL3ZZ

UNSPSC 85763031 Inspection of lower back, percutaneous approach (Commodity) does not align with the state and local procurement activity currently being solicited under this code. The source records six recent opportunities spanning July through September 2026 — all focused on health professional staffing, medical evaluation and surveillance services, pharmacy benefit management, and surgical care coordination — none of which involve lower-back percutaneous inspection procedures as a billable clinical service to be procured by state or local governments. The code appears to reflect a specific clinical procedure classification that does not map to the contracting actions state and local bodies are actually pursuing in this category space.

The mismatch between the code's nominal clinical scope and the actual procurement activity suggests either a tagging error in the state or local opportunity records or a fundamental misalignment between UNSPSC's medical procedure taxonomy and how state and local health authorities structure their procurement. The active opportunities instead track contracting for occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Ferries), independent disability medical evaluations (City of Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-outs and Centers of Excellence management (City of Long Beach), hospital-based emergency and specialty care for detained youth (Harris County Juvenile Probation), pharmacy benefit administration (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (County of Santa Clara). No recent opportunities present lower-back imaging or diagnostic procedures as a standalone clinical service procurement. Before pursuing work under this code, verify with procurement offices in your target jurisdictions whether they use UNSPSC 85763031 to tag related diagnostic imaging, occupational health screening, or workplace injury evaluation services, or whether the code is infrequently used in state and local contracting.