UNSPSC 85663527: Excision of left lower arm and wrist tendon, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of left lower arm and wrist 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 0LB63ZZ

UNSPSC 85663527 Excision of left lower arm and wrist tendon, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code. The code taxonomy nominally describes a surgical procedure, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code does not center on orthopedic tendon surgery itself. Instead, issuing bodies are using the code to tag medical services, benefits management, and staffing solicitations that span disability evaluation, occupational health surveillance, specialty surgical networks, pharmacy benefit administration, and temporary clinical staffing across multiple specialties. The actual procurement mix reflects administrative healthcare delivery, benefit design, and workforce augmentation rather than the specific surgical procedure the code nominally names. This mismatch between code taxonomy and current buying practice suggests either miscoding at the source or a tag being reused for broader health services categories that fall outside the code's intended scope.

Recent activity appears across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no dominant geographic concentration. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determination (posted September 16, 2026, proposals due October 16, 2026); the City of Long Beach RFP for Centers of Excellence surgical benefit carve-out services covering knee, hip, orthopedic, spine, and oncology procedures (posted August 26, 2026, proposals due October 7, 2026); the Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 Puget Sound ferry locations (posted August 25, 2026, proposals due October 9, 2026, pre-bid conference August 31, 2026); Harris County Juvenile Probation Department RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (posted August 24, 2026, responses due September 25, 2026); Collier County RFP for pharmacy benefit management covering approximately 7,200 members with historical annual spend of $8.7 million (posted August 20, 2026, proposals due April 9, 2026); and Santa Clara County Health System non-exclusive multiple-award qualification solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories excluding nursing and physician roles (posted July 7, 2026, proposals due October 7, 2026). Issuing bodies span state departments, counties, cities, and county health systems.