UNSPSC 85653403: Repair left lower arm and wrist muscle, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair left lower arm and wrist muscle, 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 0KQB0ZZ

UNSPSC 85653403 Repair left lower arm and wrist muscle, open approach (Commodity) shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code's nominal scope — a specific surgical procedure — does not align with the opportunities posted under this classification. Recent solicitations tagged to this code include independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, occupational medical surveillance for state ferry workers, surgical benefit carve-out programs, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing pools, specialty medical services for detained youth, and emergency/inpatient care for youth in custody. None of these opportunities involve surgical repair of the left lower arm and wrist muscle using an open approach.

The mismatch between the code's clinical descriptor and the range of administrative and non-surgical medical services being procured suggests either miscoding in the state and local system or that the code is being used as a catch-all placeholder for health services categories that lack dedicated commodity classifications. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal health systems (Long Beach, Santa Clara), state transportation departments (Washington State Ferries), county probation departments (Harris County), and county health administrations (Collier County). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, and Texas. Without opportunities that actually target the surgical repair work the code nominally describes, this code does not present a viable pursuit vector for firms specializing in orthopedic or surgical services contracting.