UNSPSC 85662100: Tendons-lower extremities, open approach-part A

This class includes one or more of 19 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the tendons of the lower extremities with open 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 85662100 Tendons-lower extremities, open approach-part A is a Class code that shows little relevant recent activity. The code's nominal scope — surgical procedures on lower-extremity tendons — does not align with the state and local opportunities recently posted under this classification. The six opportunities in the recent pipeline span independent medical evaluation services for public safety pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance, specialty healthcare services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve tendon surgery or orthopedic surgical procedures as a primary procurement object.

The mismatch suggests that this code has been misapplied in recent state and local posting systems, or that the opportunities have been tagged incorrectly in the underlying database. Issuers include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California). Geographic spread spans Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with no concentration in a particular state or region. If your firm pursues work in occupational health, medical surveillance, benefits administration, or healthcare staffing for state and local clients, monitor this code's application in procurement systems; current posting practices do not support direct pursuit of tendon-surgery-related opportunities under this classification.