UNSPSC 85662966: Revision of synthetic substitute in upper tendon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of synthetic substitute in upper 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 0LWX0JZ

UNSPSC 85662966 Revision of synthetic substitute in upper tendon, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope—a specific orthopedic surgical procedure—and the actual state and local procurement activity currently posted under the code. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span independent medical evaluations for public safety pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for state transportation workers, specialty healthcare services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve tendon repair, synthetic substitutes, or surgical procedures in the code's stated domain. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, municipalities, state transportation departments, county juvenile justice systems, county human resources divisions, and regional health systems—a diverse mix of public entities procuring across medical evaluation, benefits administration, occupational health, and temporary staffing rather than surgical services.

The geographic spread includes Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach and Santa Clara County), Washington State (Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County). Because the code shows no recent opportunities genuinely aligned with its orthopedic surgical scope, and the posted opportunities address unrelated healthcare procurement categories, this code does not represent a meaningful market signal for vendors pursuing tendon-repair or synthetic-substitute work at the state and local level. The mismatch between the code's nominal definition and the opportunities tagged to it suggests either a classification error in the source data or administrative coding inconsistency within the jurisdictions posting these solicitations.