UNSPSC 85663506: Repair right upper arm tendon, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair right upper arm tendon, percutaneous 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 0LQ33ZZ

UNSPSC 85663506 Repair right upper arm tendon, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—orthopedic surgical repair procedures—does not match the health care and benefits administration services actually being solicited by state and local governments under this designation. Recent opportunities posted against this code include independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefit management for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, specialty and emergency medical services for youth in detention, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary clinical staffing services. None of these activities involve the direct provision of orthopedic surgical procedures or tendon repairs.

The issuing bodies span city retirement offices, municipal benefits administrators, state transportation departments, county juvenile probation, county health systems, and county commissioners—a diverse mix of administrative and health care purchasing entities across Arizona, California, Washington, and Florida. The Geographic spread includes Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County). The mismatch between code and actual scope signals that this UNSPSC designation may be incorrectly applied to health care administration and staffing procurement or that the code itself does not appropriately capture the work state and local governments are buying in this domain. Firms pursuing opportunities in health care administration, benefits management, and occupational health services should verify actual commodity codes used in current RFPs rather than rely on this designation.