UNSPSC 85561154: Removal of drainage device from left tympanic membrane, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from left 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 09P870Z

UNSPSC 85561154 Removal of drainage device from left tympanic membrane, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code whose nominal taxonomy classification bears no relationship to the state and local procurement activity currently posted under it. The recent opportunities block contains six solicitations, none of which involve tympanic membrane procedures or otologic surgical services. Instead, the code has been misapplied to five unrelated categories of health services: independent medical evaluation and disability benefit determination (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), surgical carve-out benefit program administration (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency and specialty inpatient/outpatient care for detained youth (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary ancillary health professional staffing (County of Santa Clara Health System). The issuing bodies span state departments, county governments, and municipal authorities; none of these jurisdictions is soliciting tympanic membrane drainage procedures or related otologic interventions. The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its stated scope.

The geographic spread includes California, Florida, Arizona, Washington, and Texas, with activity distributed across state health systems, county benefits administration, public safety pension boards, juvenile detention authorities, and county human resources procurement functions. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) supporting disability retirement determinations, the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) for examinations across 14 ferry system locations, and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive vendor-pool qualification solicitation (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) for temporary ancillary clinical staffing across 13 service categories. None of these procurements involves the otologic procedure named in the code taxonomy. Vendors should verify that opportunities posted under this code actually match their service lines before investing business development effort.