UNSPSC 85661717: Division of head and neck tendon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to division of head and neck tendon, 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 0L800ZZ

UNSPSC 85661717 Division of head and neck tendon, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a surgical procedure classification, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows no match to the nominal scope. Instead, the code has been applied to health services contracting that spans medical evaluation, surgical benefit carve-outs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these services involve surgical division of head and neck tendons. The issuing bodies include city pension boards, municipal health plans, state departments of transportation, county juvenile justice systems, county human resources divisions, and county health systems—a wide jurisdictional mix. The work actually being solicited ranges from administrative disability medical record summarization to specialty surgical network management to occupational health compliance to clinical staffing placement, suggesting the code has been misapplied across several unrelated service categories.

Recent opportunities span Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office sought independent medical evaluation services (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) focused on disability benefit determinations for approximately 75 annual public safety pension applications, with a $750,000 five-year contract value. The City of Long Beach issued an RFP for surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit programs (RFP HR26753, due October 7, 2026) offering Centers of Excellence for knee, hip, spine, heart, weight loss, and oncology procedures to approximately 3,800 employees and retirees. The Washington State Department of Transportation sought occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (RFP RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) with baseline, periodic, and exit examinations for shipyard workers, engine crew, and asbestos-exposed personnel. The code's application across these disparate service types and jurisdictions indicates either systematic miscoding or use as a catch-all classification for medical services contracting with no genuine commodity relationship to surgical procedures.