UNSPSC 85661800: Tendons-head neck, percutaneous 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 percutaneous 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 85661800 Tendons-head neck, percutaneous approach is a Class code showing little relevant recent activity under its stated scope. The six most recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this code cover occupational medical surveillance services, disability medical record summary preparation and independent medical evaluations for pension boards, surgical procedure carve-out benefits management, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing qualification pools, and specialty medical services for detained youth. None of these activities align with the orthopedic or neurosurgical procurement implied by the code's name; instead, the opportunities reflect broader healthcare administrative, staffing, and benefits-management contracting. The mismatch suggests that the code classification in available state and local procurement databases may not reflect the actual goods or services being solicited, or that state and local buyers are applying it inconsistently to healthcare-related work outside its intended scope.

The issuing bodies spanning these opportunities include a state department (Washington State Department of Transportation), county governments (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), a city (Phoenix, Long Beach), and county health systems, reflecting the typical fragmentation of healthcare-related procurements across multiple jurisdictional and functional silos. Recent opportunities are concentrated in California, Arizona, Washington, Florida, and Texas. Representative examples include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for disability medical record summary and independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, maximum contract value $750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services covering 14 ferry terminal locations (due October 9, 2026, with two-year initial term and up to five one-year extensions), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFQ to establish a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026, multiple awards, five-year pool duration). Given the lack of alignment between the code's orthopedic-surgical name and the administrative and staffing services actually being procured, this code warrants close attention only if your firm serves healthcare benefits administration or occupational health program management; procurement activity under the stated code definition does not appear in recent state and local solicitations.