UNSPSC 85662239: Repair left ankle tendon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair left 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 0LQT0ZZ

UNSPSC 85662239 Repair left ankle tendon, open approach is a Commodity code with nominal scope in orthopedic surgical repair, but recent state and local opportunities show no relevant procurement activity under this code. The six opportunities posted between July and September 2026 and tagged with this code address occupational medical surveillance, pension disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employees, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty emergency services for detained youth, and healthcare inquiries — none of which constitute ankle tendon repair procedures or related surgical services. The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the actual work being solicited suggests either miscoding by the issuing bodies or a fundamental disconnect between the UNSPSC taxonomy and the way state and local health agencies tag procurements in this domain.

The issuing bodies span county health systems (Santa Clara), county human resources and pension boards (Phoenix, Collier, Harris County), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), and municipal retirement offices (Long Beach) across Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. No repeat solicitations for ankle tendon repair or analogous orthopedic procedures appear in the recent block, and no evidence suggests this code is actively used by state and local procurement offices for clinical surgical services. Business development professionals should treat this code as currently inactive for state and local procurement purposes and monitor instead the health professional staffing, occupational medicine, and managed care codes where actual municipal and county health purchasing is occurring.