UNSPSC 85662253: Release left knee tendon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release left knee 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 0LNR0ZZ

UNSPSC 85662253 Release left knee tendon, open approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope—a surgical procedure—bears no relationship to the state and local opportunities tagged under it. The recent solicitations in the system show no orthopedic surgical activity whatsoever. Instead, the code appears to have been misapplied to a broad range of health services and administrative healthcare procurement, including inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support services for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction. This mismatch suggests a data-entry or classification error in the state and local procurement system rather than legitimate activity under the code's intended scope.

The five recent opportunities span Georgia (Muscogee County Prison inmate medical services through Columbus Consolidated Government), Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management and Monroe County virtual care), California (San Mateo County behavioral health peer support), and California (Santa Monica Fire Department medical director), with no geographic concentration. The issuing bodies include county governments, city agencies, and county health authorities. No incumbent vendors are winning repeatedly under this code, and the solicitations—ranging from the Muscogee County Prison RFP due May 15, 2026, to the Monroe County virtual care RFP due April 16, 2026—reflect administrative healthcare contracting, not surgical procedures. This code should not be relied upon for orthopedic surgical supply or service development.