UNSPSC 85662613: Replacement of left knee tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of left knee tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0LRR4KZ

UNSPSC 85662613 Replacement of left knee tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent opportunities tagged to this code concern independent medical evaluation services, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, surgical Center of Excellence carve-outs, emergency medical services for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these services involve orthopedic surgery, tissue substitutes, or endoscopic knee procedures. The code shows a clear mismatch between its taxonomy name and the purchasing activity attributed to it, suggesting either systematic miscoding by the issuing jurisdictions or a data classification error in the source.

The issuing bodies spanning these opportunities include a city retirement office (Phoenix), a municipal government (Long Beach), a state transportation agency (Washington), a county juvenile probation department (Harris County), a county board of commissioners (Collier County), and a county health system (Santa Clara). Geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. Without evidence that recent opportunities under this code actually involve knee tendon replacement procedures, orthopedic implants, or surgical devices, pursuit of this code is not justified based on its stated commodity scope.