UNSPSC 85663508: Repair right shoulder tendon, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair right shoulder 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 0LQ13ZZ

UNSPSC 85663508 Repair right shoulder tendon, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that nominally names a surgical procedure, but the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code show little alignment with orthopedic repair work. Instead, the opportunities reflect broader occupational health, employee benefits administration, and healthcare staffing services that state and local governments are actually sourcing — including independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing across multiple clinical ancillary categories. The code's abstract name does not match the scope of work being procured, and the category appears to be used inconsistently or as a catch-all for government healthcare services procurement.

Issuing bodies include city retirement and pension boards (City of Phoenix), municipal employee benefits offices (City of Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile justice systems (Harris County), county human resources and benefits consortia (Collier County), and county health systems (Santa Clara County). The recent opportunities span Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with no single state or issuer dominating activity. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) covering disability benefit determinations for approximately 75 annual public safety pension applications; the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits (HR26753, due October 7, 2026) targeting Centers of Excellence networks for knee, hip, orthopedic, shoulder, spine, heart, weight loss, and oncology procedures; and the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) requiring board-certified occupational medicine physicians to conduct baseline and periodic examinations across 14 ferry system locations. Given the mismatch between the code's surgical procedure name and the actual procurement activity, this code warrants caution in bid pursuit.