UNSPSC 85663201: Release left hand tendon, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release left hand 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 0LN8XZZ

UNSPSC 85663201 Release left hand tendon, external approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it bear no relationship to surgical services—they instead reflect healthcare administration, pharmacy management, and occupational health services. The Muscogee County Prison medical and pharmacy services RFP (posted April 2026, due May 2026) seeks comprehensive inmate healthcare including sick call, chronic care, emergency referrals, and formulary management for a 576-inmate facility; the Collier County Pharmacy Benefit Management RFP (posted April 2026, due April 2026) procures PBM services for approximately 2,400 county employees and 4,800 covered members with claims processing, formulary development, and specialty pharmacy oversight; the Monroe County virtual primary and urgent care RFP (posted March 2026, due April 2026) solicits 24/7 telemedicine access with integrated mental health providers and bilingual support for approximately 2,300 county members; the San Mateo County peer support RFP (posted February 2026, due July 2025) funds a $580,000 behavioral health innovation pilot providing confidential peer support services to peer workers; and the Santa Monica Fire Department medical director RFP (posted February 2026, due October 2025) seeks physician oversight of EMS operations across 18,000 annual emergency calls. The code shows substantial mismatch between its surgical procedure name and actual procurement activity under it.

The issuing bodies include county governments (Muscogee County, Georgia; Collier County, Florida; Monroe County, Florida; San Mateo County, California) and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica, California). Geographic activity concentrates in California and Florida, with one solicitation in Georgia. No repeat buyers appear in the recent record. Given the consistent misalignment between the code's nominal scope and the healthcare-administration, telemedicine, pharmacy-management, and behavioral-health services actually being solicited, the code does not reliably signal purchasing opportunity in its stated commodity area.