UNSPSC 85663459: Division of left lower arm and wrist tendon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to division of left 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 0L860ZZ

UNSPSC 85663459 Division of left lower arm and wrist tendon, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code is a surgical procedure classification within medical taxonomy, but the recent opportunities posted under this code in state and local procurement span occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and disability medical evaluations — none of which involve surgical intervention or musculoskeletal procedures. The mismatch suggests either a tagging error or misalignment between the code's clinical definition and the goods and services state and local governments are actually procuring under this identifier.

No state and local opportunities in the source reflect the code's nominal scope of left lower arm and wrist tendon surgery. The six recent solicitations — from the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (independent medical evaluations for pension benefit determinations), the City of Long Beach (surgical procedure carve-out benefits management), Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty medical services), Collier County (pharmacy benefit management), and Santa Clara County Health System (temporary health professional staffing) — represent health plan administration, occupational health, and workforce staffing, not procedural surgical services. This code warrants monitoring for clarification or correction before pursuing.