UNSPSC 85662126: Supplement left knee tendon with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left knee tendon with synthetic substitute, 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 0LUR0JZ

UNSPSC 85662126 Supplement left knee tendon with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The five most recently posted opportunities in the source — inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county correctional facility, pharmacy benefit management for a county employee health plan, virtual primary and urgent care services for county employees, peer support services for mental health workers, and medical director services for a municipal fire department — are all health care management, administration, or clinical services unrelated to orthopedic surgical implant procurement or any knee tendon supplementation activity. The code's nominal scope (orthopedic surgery implants for knee tendon repair) does not match the actual work being solicited under this code tag in state and local markets today.

State and local procurement offices occasionally apply broad or mismatched UNSPSC codes to health care service contracts, and this appears to be such a case. If your firm pursues orthopedic implant supply or surgical device distribution to state and local health systems, hospital networks, or correctional health services, validate the actual UNSPSC codes used by your target buyers through direct RFP review rather than relying on this code. The absence of recent knee tendon implant solicitations under this code suggests either that state and local bodies procure such devices through group purchasing organization (GPO) contracts, federal supply schedules, or higher-tier family or class codes, or that they are tagged inconsistently in public notice systems.