UNSPSC 85662128: Supplement right knee tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement right knee tendon with nonautologous tissue 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 0LUQ0KZ

UNSPSC 85662128 Supplement right knee tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a surgical procedure; however, the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under this code show little alignment with orthopedic implant procurement or surgical procedure delivery. Instead, the opportunities cluster around occupational health surveillance, independent medical evaluations for disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employee health plans. The issuing bodies are municipal retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation departments, county procurement divisions, and juvenile justice authorities—spanning administrative benefits management, occupational safety compliance, and public-sector employee health program administration rather than orthopedic surgical implant supply or hospital-based knee surgery services. The code appears to be misapplied to these opportunities; the work being solicited does not match the code's stated surgical scope.

The geographic spread includes California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Arizona (City of Phoenix), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County), with recent opportunities posted between July and September 2026. Representative recent solicitations include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance services RFP (due October 9, 2026) for baseline and periodic medical examinations across 14 ferry system locations, the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (due October 16, 2026) for disability benefit medical record summaries and physician examinations, and the County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing qualification pool solicitation (due October 7, 2026) across 13 ancillary clinical categories. Given the code-to-opportunity mismatch, activity under this code does not represent a meaningful procurement category for orthopedic implant vendors or surgical service providers.