UNSPSC 85661000: Tendons-trunk torso, anterior posterior, external approach

This class includes one or more of 19 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the tendons of the anterior and posterior trunk and torso with external approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 0L.

UNSPSC 85661000 Tendons-trunk torso, anterior posterior, external approach is a Class code with no substantive recent state and local procurement activity aligned to its nominal scope. The source identifies six recent opportunities tagged under this code across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, but none involve procurement of tendon repair, orthopedic surgical supplies, or related medical hardware or biologics. Instead, the opportunities span medical staffing and administrative health services—occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing pool qualification, surgical care network management, and emergency medical services for detained youth. The mismatch between the code's intended commodity scope and the actual services being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or that this particular code is rarely used for its designed purpose at the jurisdictional level.

The geographic spread of the six opportunities reflects activity in Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Florida (Collier County), and Washington (WSDOT), with no geographic concentration. The issuing bodies are a mix of city retirement offices, county health systems, county procurement divisions, and state transportation agencies. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026), WSDOT's RFP for occupational medical surveillance (due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). Given the code's apparent disuse for its stated commodity purpose, pursuit under this classification warrants investigation of whether the procuring jurisdiction has applied the code in error or whether your firm's service line maps more accurately to a different UNSPSC family or class.