UNSPSC 85561139: Removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from right ear, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from right ear, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic. 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 09PH8KZ

UNSPSC 85561139 Removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from right ear, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure for tissue removal, but the six recent opportunities posted under this code span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve the ear tissue procedure the code nominally names. The mismatch appears to reflect a tagging error in the state and local procurement systems issuing these opportunities rather than actual procurement of the service described by the code itself.

The recent opportunities show activity across multiple jurisdiction types, including a city retirement office (City of Phoenix), a city benefits program (City of Long Beach), a state transportation department (Washington State Department of Transportation), a county juvenile justice system (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), a county government (Collier County, Florida), and a county health system (County of Santa Clara, California). Geographic spread covers Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no concentration in any single region. Because the underlying opportunities do not reflect the coded service, this code does not represent a meaningful procurement category for vendors in occupational medicine, pension administration, health insurance, or clinical staffing.