UNSPSC 85662226: Replacement of left upper leg tendon with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of left upper leg 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 0LRM0JZ

UNSPSC 85662226 Replacement of left upper leg tendon with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six most recent state and local opportunities posted under or near this code—including independent medical evaluation services, health plan surgical carve-outs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—do not involve orthopedic surgical procedures or prosthetic tendon replacements. The code's nominal scope (a specific surgical procedure) does not align with the administrative health services, employee benefits programs, and staffing arrangements that state and local governments are actually buying in the current market under this classification.

State and local procurement offices appear to have either mislabeled these opportunities in their UNSPSC taxonomy or use this code as a catch-all for health services contracting that does not map cleanly to the surgical procedure the code nominally describes. No issuing body is soliciting tendon replacement implants, surgical supplies for that procedure, or related capital equipment. The absence of relevant recent opportunities suggests this code either sees limited state and local activity or is consistently miscoded at source. Pursuit is not recommended without confirmation that the code has been corrected in the jurisdiction's classification system.