UNSPSC 85663309: Supplement left hand tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left hand tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0LU80KZ

UNSPSC 85663309 "Supplement left hand tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach" is a Commodity code that does not align with current state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs for employees, and emergency medical services for youth in custody—none of which involve orthopedic surgical procedures or tendon supplementation. The code appears to be a medical procedure taxonomy entry that state and local purchasing offices have applied broadly to health services contracting without regard to the specific surgical scope the code nominally describes. State and local governments buying under this code tag are actually procuring administrative health services, staffing, and benefit management rather than surgical implants or surgical procedures themselves.

The issuing bodies include county health systems, county probation departments, city retirement offices, state transportation agencies, and counties purchasing on behalf of employee health benefits. The geographic spread of recent activity covers Washington, California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida. Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (due October 16, 2026), the City of Long Beach's surgical benefit carve-out RFP for its Anthem PPO plan (due October 7, 2026), Collier County's pharmacy benefit management RFP (due April 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing qualification vehicle (due October 7, 2026). The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding by state and local procurement offices or a backend taxonomy mapping issue in the source data.