UNSPSC 85662640: Repair right ankle tendon, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair right ankle tendon, 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 0LQS4ZZ

UNSPSC 85662640 Repair right ankle tendon, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity. The five most recently posted state and local opportunities tagged to this code involve inmate medical and pharmacy services (Muscogee County Prison), pharmacy benefit management for county employees (Collier County), virtual primary and urgent care services (Monroe County), peer support for peer workers (San Mateo County), and fire department medical direction (Santa Monica). None of these solicitations actually procure orthopedic surgical procedures or ankle-tendon repair services. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope — a specific surgical procedure — and the actual work being bought suggests either miscoding in the state and local procurement systems or that this code is being used as a catch-all for broader healthcare service categories.

Geographic activity spans Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), Georgia (Muscogee County), California (San Mateo County and Santa Monica), reflecting dispersed county and municipal healthcare procurement rather than concentrated demand. The issuing bodies are county governments and municipal fire departments procuring managed care, pharmacy administration, and clinical supervision services rather than surgical procedure codes. No recent opportunities in the source actually solicit the orthopedic surgical service the code describes. A firm evaluating this code for state and local pursuit should confirm that the code is being correctly applied in their target jurisdictions; this sample suggests systematic miscoding or category-assignment drift rather than genuine procurement demand for the procedure.