UNSPSC 85561108: Reposition right tympanic membrane, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to reposition right tympanic membrane, via natural or artificial opening. 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 09S77ZZ

UNSPSC 85561108 Reposition right tympanic membrane, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that does not reflect the state and local procurement activity currently being solicited under this classification. The recent opportunities posted under this code span prison medical and pharmacy services, county-level pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support programs for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction—none of which involve otologic procedures or tympanic membrane repositioning. The code appears to have been misapplied to a series of health care services solicitations that fall outside its nominal clinical scope, creating a mismatch between the code's procedure-based definition and what state and local purchasing offices are actually buying.

The issuing bodies include county corrections departments (Muscogee County Prison via Columbus Consolidated Government in Georgia), county commissioners' offices managing employee health benefits and self-funded medical plans (Collier County, Monroe County, and San Mateo County in Florida and California), and municipal fire departments procuring medical direction services (Santa Monica Fire Department in California). Recent representative opportunities include an RFP from Columbus Consolidated Government for inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison (due May 15, 2026), an RFP from Collier County Board of County Commissioners for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members (due April 9, 2026), and an RFP from Monroe County Board of County Commissioners for virtual primary and urgent care services for 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026). Activity is concentrated in Florida, Georgia, and California, with secondary posting in San Mateo County focused on behavioral health peer support services. The persistent mismatch between code definition and actual solicitation content suggests either systematic miscoding of health care services opportunities or a data quality issue in the underlying procurement system.