UNSPSC 85661600: Tendons-head neck, external approach

This class includes one or more of 19 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the tendons of the head and neck 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 85661600 Tendons-head neck, external approach is a Class code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned to its nominal medical scope. The recent opportunities tagged under this code include inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical director services — none of which involve tendons, head-neck procedures, or external surgical approaches. The code appears to be a misclassification artifact; state and local procurement offices are tagging broader healthcare contracting activity under a highly specialized orthopedic surgical commodity code that does not reflect the actual work being solicited.

Across the five recent opportunities, issuing bodies include county corrections departments (Muscogee County Prison via Columbus Consolidated Government), county human resources and benefits divisions (Collier County Board of County Commissioners for PBM services; Monroe County Board of County Commissioners for virtual care), county behavioral health departments (San Mateo County Health, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services), and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica Fire Department). Geographic activity spans Georgia, Florida, and California. Representative recent solicitations include Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 for inmate medical and pharmacy services (due May 15, 2026); Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 members with historical annual spend of $8.7 million (due April 9, 2026); and Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for approximately 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026). Because the tagged opportunities bear no substantive relationship to the code's stated scope, this code does not represent a meaningful procurement vehicle for firms in orthopedic or surgical services.