UNSPSC 85561126: Repair left external auditory canal, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair left external auditory canal, 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 09Q47ZZ

UNSPSC 85561126 Repair left external auditory canal, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code whose nominal title reflects a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it bear no connection to otologic repair work. Instead, the code is being applied to a diverse range of health professional staffing, medical evaluation, benefit administration, and occupational health services that fall outside the scope of the code's stated procedure. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office has solicited independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations under Arizona's Public Safety Personnel Retirement System; the City of Long Beach has requested proposals for surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit management; Washington State Department of Transportation is procuring occupational medical surveillance services for ferry system employees; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department has issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth; and the County of Santa Clara Health System has established a qualified vendor pool for temporary ancillary health professional staffing. Issuing bodies span municipal retirement offices, city benefits administrators, state transportation departments, county health systems, and juvenile justice agencies, reflecting a dispersed base of public-sector health administration and clinical staffing buyers rather than any concentration in surgical auditory care.

Geographic activity is scattered across Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with no state showing repeated concentration under this code. The most concrete recent opportunities are the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP 26001 (due October 16, 2026) seeking independent medical evaluation services at a total maximum of $750,000 over five years; the City of Long Beach's RFP HR26753 (due October 7, 2026) for surgical benefit carve-out administration; Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP 20260825 (due October 9, 2026) for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry locations; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFSQHHSFY270052 (due October 7, 2026) establishing a non-exclusive qualified vendor pool for temporary staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement activity suggests this code is not reliably tagged for relevant otologic repair or surgical procedure contracting and may warrant verification before pursuit.