UNSPSC 85663468: Destruction of right lower arm and wrist tendon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction 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 0L550ZZ

UNSPSC 85663468 Destruction of right lower arm and wrist tendon, open approach is a Commodity code assigned to medical and healthcare procurement by state and local issuers, but the code appears misaligned with actual state and local contracting activity. Recent opportunities posted under this code do not target surgical destruction procedures or related implants, devices, or supplies. Instead, issuing bodies are soliciting independent medical evaluation services, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, surgical benefit carve-outs, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which map to the code's procedural scope. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the source data or a labeling error that has propagated across multiple jurisdictions.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans California, Arizona, Florida, and Washington, with issuing bodies including the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), City of Long Beach (California), Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) seeking disability medical record summaries and examination coordination for public safety pension applicants, and the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) requiring baseline and periodic examinations across 14 ferry system locations. Given the pervasive mismatch between the code's stated scope and the medical, administrative, and staffing services actually being bought, this code is unlikely to yield relevant opportunities for vendors supplying surgical instrumentation or tissue-destruction devices.