UNSPSC 85663552: Division of right lower arm and wrist tendon, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to division of right 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 0L853ZZ

UNSPSC 85663552 Division of right lower arm and wrist tendon, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with the recent state and local procurement opportunities posted under this taxonomy. The source material contains six recent opportunities across Arizona, California, and Washington, none of which concern orthopedic surgical procedures on the lower arm or wrist. Instead, the opportunities span independent disability medical evaluations for public safety pension determinations (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit programs for municipal employees (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance services for state ferry system workers (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), pharmacy benefit management administration (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and temporary health professional staffing services across ancillary clinical categories (County of Santa Clara Health System). The code appears to describe a specific surgical intervention rather than a procurement category that state and local governments typically bundle into solicitations.

The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the recent activity posted under it suggests that this Commodity code does not currently reflect active state and local buying for orthopedic surgical procedures. State and local health and human services agencies instead procure surgical services through physician networks, managed-care benefit carve-outs, and temporary clinical staffing arrangements—procurement structures that bundle multiple procedures and providers rather than line items for specific surgical interventions. No recent opportunities for right lower arm and wrist tendon division procedures appear in the source material. Organizations pursuing medical services contracts under this code should verify that the code assignment reflects their actual scope of work before pursuing opportunities tagged with 85663552.