UNSPSC 85663609: Supplement left hand tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement left hand tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0LU84KZ

UNSPSC 85663609 Supplement left hand tendon with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure involving tendon repair using tissue substitutes, yet the six recent solicitations posted by state and local bodies under this code do not reflect orthopedic surgical services or tissue-based medical devices at all. Instead, the opportunities range across independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, occupational health surveillance, Centers of Excellence networks for surgical procedures (carve-outs, not the procedures themselves), and temporary health professional staffing pools. The mismatch between the code's technical surgical scope and the actual procurement activities suggests systematic miscoding by issuing bodies rather than genuine demand for left-hand tendon repair procedures.

Activity spans Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Florida (Collier County), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), and Texas (Harris County), with no clear geographic concentration. Representative recent opportunities include the Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) supporting disability benefit determinations, the Washington State Ferries' RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's multiple-award qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). These solicitations reflect state agency procurement offices, county health systems, and city retirement boards, but none addresses the tendon repair procedures the code nominally describes. Pursuing this code requires verification that opportunities tagged under it align with your service offerings, as the coding appears unreliable.