UNSPSC 85663436: Excision of right lower arm and wrist tendon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right lower arm and wrist 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 0LB50ZZ

UNSPSC 85663436 Excision of right lower arm and wrist tendon, open approach (Commodity) does not describe work state and local governments are actually purchasing. The code nominally identifies a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, specialty surgical benefit administration, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency services for detained youth — none of which align with procurement of a defined surgical service line. The mismatch suggests either a systematic tagging error or a fundamental scope misalignment between the code's definition and how issuing bodies are deploying it in practice.

The opportunities themselves reflect legitimate state and local health services activity across multiple jurisdictions and issuing body types, including city retirement offices, county health systems, state departments of transportation, and county juvenile justice agencies. However, they cannot be meaningfully characterized as a unified commodity code representing procurement under this UNSPSC category. No recent opportunity solicits the surgical service the code nominally describes. State and local buyers evaluating this code should verify their internal tagging practices before allocating resources to pursue opportunities tagged under it.