UNSPSC 85663453: Drainage of left shoulder tendon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left shoulder 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 0L920ZZ

UNSPSC 85663453 Drainage of left shoulder tendon, open approach is a Commodity code with a nominal scope tied to a specific surgical procedure; however, the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show no alignment with that clinical definition. The five most recent opportunities solicited under this code span inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county jail system, pharmacy benefit management services for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services for county members, peer support services for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical director services — none of which involve drainage of left shoulder tendon procedures or orthopedic surgical care. The issuing bodies include a consolidated city government's purchasing division (Columbus Consolidated Government, Muscogee County Prison), county boards of commissioners (Collier County, Monroe County, Santa Mateo County), and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica). The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited suggests either a systemic miscoding of healthcare and behavioral health service opportunities or a jurisdictional practice of using an orthopedic surgical code as a fallback for healthcare service procurements that do not map cleanly to standard UNSPSC healthcare categories.

The recent activity is concentrated in Florida (Collier County, Monroe County) and California (San Mateo County), with one opportunity each in Georgia (Muscogee County) and California (Santa Monica). The most substantial recent opportunities include Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for Pharmacy Benefit Management Services, due April 9, 2026, covering approximately 2,400 enrolled employees and 4,800 covered members with historical annual pharmacy spending of approximately $8.7 million; Monroe County's RFP for Virtual Primary & Urgent Care Services, due April 16, 2026, for approximately 2,300 county members; Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 for inmate medical and pharmacy services for Muscogee County Prison, due May 15, 2026, with a current monthly cost of $95,537.71; San Mateo County's RFP No. 2025-007 for a Mental Health Services Act peer support pilot with $580,000 in total funding; and Santa Monica Fire Department's RFP 628 for a fire department medical director with an initial three-year term. No opportunities tagged to this code reflect the orthopedic surgical services the code nominally describes.