UNSPSC 85662259: Release left hip tendon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release left hip 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 0LNK0ZZ

UNSPSC 85662259 Release left hip tendon, open approach is a Commodity code with a significant disconnect between its nominal clinical scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code's abstract medical terminology does not reflect actual government buying under this classification; the five most recent opportunities posted show no orthopedic surgical procedures or related supply procurement. Instead, recent activity tags include inmate medical and pharmacy services for county detention facilities, pharmacy benefit management administration for county employee health plans, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical director contracts. These solicitations span healthcare administration, managed care services, and medical directorship rather than surgical or orthopedic interventions. The issuing bodies are primarily counties and municipal governments—Muscogee County (Georgia), Collier County (Florida), Monroe County (Florida), San Mateo County (California), and Santa Monica (California)—alongside special-purpose healthcare agencies. The code shows little to no relevant recent activity aligned with its stated commodity definition.

Geographic activity under this code appears concentrated in Florida and California, with Georgia and scattered activity in other states. The most recent opportunities include Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP for inmate medical services (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services (due April 9, 2026), Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services (due April 16, 2026), San Mateo County's RFP for peer support services (due July 2, 2025), and Santa Monica Fire Department's RFP for a medical director (due October 16, 2025). The mismatch between the code's orthopedic surgical nomenclature and the procurement activity it captures suggests either systematic misclassification by issuing bodies or category drift in the taxonomy itself. Firms pursuing state and local opportunities under this code should verify issuing-body classification before positioning and should expect that the code may not reliably identify comparable future work in this commodity family.