UNSPSC 85662271: Reattachment of left hip tendon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reattachment of 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 0LMK0ZZ

UNSPSC 85662271 Reattachment of left hip tendon, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the recent solicitations posted under this code tag show no involvement with orthopedic surgical procedures, hip tendon repair, or related surgical services. Instead, state and local issuing bodies have tagged this code to procure occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefit programs, emergency and specialty medical services for youth in custody, and temporary health professional staffing for ancillary clinical roles. None of these services involve reattachment of hip tendons or orthopedic surgical repair work.

The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual purchasing activity suggests either a systematic miscoding issue in the state and local procurement system or incidental tagging unrelated to the code's intended commodity definition. The recent opportunities span Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara Health System), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), but none involves surgical procedures or orthopedic services that would map to hip tendon reattachment work. A firm pursuing this code for surgical service delivery or orthopedic contracting should treat this code as inactive for procurement purposes and instead track state and local opportunities under medical services, occupational health, or benefits administration codes where the actual buying takes place.