UNSPSC 85661005: Release left trunk tendon, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release left trunk tendon, external 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 0LNBXZZ

UNSPSC 85661005 Release left trunk tendon, external approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the six opportunities posted between July and September 2026 reflect instead a broad portfolio of health-services administration and staffing contracting: medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out network management, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary clinical staffing pool qualification. None of these solicitations explicitly reference orthopedic surgical procedures, tendon release, or the specific anatomical scope the code name implies.

The issuing bodies span state departments, county governments, and health systems across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no single repeat buyer emerging from the recent sample. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the Washington State Department of Transportation (on behalf of Washington State Ferries), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System each posted single opportunities in the block. Representative recent work includes the City of Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) covering disability medical record summarization and physician examination scheduling for approximately 75 annual public safety pension applications at a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) requiring examinations across 14 ferry terminals by occupational-medicine-board-certified physicians; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's qualification pool for temporary health professional staffing (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) across 13 ancillary clinical specialties. The code shows little relevant recent activity and the mismatch between its nominal scope and the state and local health-services contracting actually tagged beneath it suggests either miscoding by issuing bodies or a taxonomy tier poorly aligned with current procurement practice in the health-services and medical-evaluation domain.