UNSPSC 85662950: Revision of synthetic substitute in upper tendon, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of synthetic substitute in upper tendon, external 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 0LWXXJZ

UNSPSC 85662950, Revision of synthetic substitute in upper tendon, external approach, is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful alignment between the code's clinical scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes orthopedic surgical procedures on synthetic tendon replacements, yet the recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, pension board disability evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, Center of Excellence surgical carve-outs, youth detention healthcare, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve upper tendon revision or synthetic implant work. This mislabeling suggests the code is either receiving incorrect assignments from procuring entities or is being used as a catch-all administrative category that does not reflect actual purchasing intent under its defined scope.

The recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office requesting disability medical record summarization and independent medical evaluations (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026); the City of Long Beach soliciting a surgical carve-out benefit program for Centers of Excellence managing multiple procedure types (RFP HR26753, due October 7, 2026); the Washington State Department of Transportation requesting occupational medical surveillance services for ferry workers across 14 locations (RFP RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026); and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issuing an RFI for emergency and specialty healthcare services for detained youth (RFI 071626BNM, due September 25, 2026). A state and local business development team pursuing work under this code should verify the actual UNSPSC assignment directly with each procuring entity before allocating pursuit resources, as the code appears to be consistently misapplied across multiple jurisdictions and service categories that fall outside orthopedic implant revision work.