UNSPSC 85662210: Replacement of right ankle tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right ankle 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 0LRS0KZ

UNSPSC 85662210 Replacement of right ankle tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its clinical scope. The code's nominal description refers to a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities tagged under it address independent medical evaluations, surgical benefit program administration, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare services, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve orthopedic surgery or prosthetic tissue substitution. This systematic mismatch suggests that the code was applied as a catchall taxonomy descriptor for healthcare contracting rather than as an accurate classifier of the work state and local governments are actually buying under it.

The jurisdictions posting opportunities in this tagged set span multiple states and issuing-body types: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona, independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations); the City of Long Beach (California, surgical procedure network management); the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance); Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth); Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida, pharmacy benefit management); and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California, temporary ancillary health professional staffing). No pattern of repeat activity or geographic concentration under this code emerges from the recent record. Until state and local procurement offices apply UNSPSC codes that accurately reflect healthcare service and procurement categories—rather than assigning clinical procedure codes to administrative healthcare contracting—this code offers limited signal for targeting state and local opportunities in orthopedic surgery, implants, or related medical device supply chains.