UNSPSC 85662368: Destruction of right lower leg tendon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right lower leg 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 0L5N0ZZ

UNSPSC 85662368 Destruction of right lower leg tendon, open approach is a Commodity code that represents a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code does not align with the code's clinical scope. The opportunities posted show no solicitations for surgical procedure performance or orthopedic intervention services. Instead, the tagged opportunities span medical evaluation and administration (independent medical evaluations for disability benefit determinations), health plan benefit management (surgical carve-out networks and pharmacy benefit administration), occupational health surveillance, emergency and specialty medical services delivery for youth in custody, and temporary clinical staffing. These are health systems and administrative services, not operative procedures.

The absence of actual surgical-procedure procurement under this code reflects the mismatch between state and local procurement taxonomy practice and clinical procedure coding. State and local governments do not typically purchase individual surgical procedures as line-item goods or services through RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB solicitation. When they do solicit medical care, they solicit broader service delivery contracts (physician networks, occupational health programs, emergency care, staffing pools) through entities like county health systems, city retirement offices, state transportation departments, and county commissioners. The recent opportunities span Arizona (Phoenix retirement boards), California (Long Beach and Santa Clara), Florida (Harris County and Collier County), and Washington (state ferries), but none represent procurement aligned to the code's stated scope of a specific surgical procedure.