UNSPSC 85662164: Reposition right ankle tendon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition right ankle 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 0LSS0ZZ

UNSPSC 85662164 Reposition right ankle tendon, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a specific orthopedic surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show minimal alignment with surgical interventions — instead, the code captures occupational health surveillance, medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty surgical care networks. The actual work being solicited is administrative medical services, occupational medicine examinations, and third-party medical program management, not the performance of ankle tendon repositioning surgeries themselves. State and local issuers include county health systems, county human resources divisions managing employee benefits, state departments of transportation, county juvenile detention authorities, and municipal retirement offices. The issuing bodies are geographically dispersed across the west and south — Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas all appear in recent opportunities.

Representative recent solicitations show the breadth of health-services activity falling under this code. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office (RTMRFP26001) sought independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations, with proposals due October 16, 2026 and a five-year contract ceiling of $750,000. The Washington State Department of Transportation (RFP20260825) is procuring occupational medical surveillance services for ferry workers across 14 Washington locations, with proposals due October 9, 2026 and a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026. The City of Long Beach (HR26753) is requesting a surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit program for Centers of Excellence networks (due October 7, 2026), while the County of Santa Clara Health System (RFSQHHSFY270052) is establishing a vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the services actually being bought suggests the code may be incorrectly applied by some issuers or that the taxonomy conflates surgical procedures with broader occupational and health-services administration.