UNSPSC 85561209: Inspection of left ear, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to inspection of left 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 09JJ8ZZ

UNSPSC 85561209, Inspection of left ear via natural or artificial opening endoscopic, is a Commodity code with limited recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned to its nominal scope. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not reflect ear-inspection services; instead, they span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical procedure carve-out programs, and youth detention medical services. This mismatch suggests that the code has been applied inconsistently or as a catch-all placeholder by issuing bodies, and the actual procurement activity does not center on the narrow diagnostic procedure the code nominally describes.

State and local issuing bodies posting under this code include county boards of commissioners, county health systems, state transportation departments, city retirement offices, and county probation departments across multiple states. The most decision-relevant recent opportunities are the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026, with performance across 14 Washington ferry system locations), Collier County's Pharmacy Benefit Management Services RFP (due April 9, 2026, with approximately $8.7 million in historical annual spending), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (due October 16, 2026, with a five-year term and $750,000 total maximum compensation), and Santa Clara County Health System's temporary health professional staffing pool (due October 7, 2026, with non-exclusive multiple awards across 13 ancillary clinical categories). Given the scope misalignment, firms pursuing work in occupational health services, benefits administration, or clinical staffing should monitor issuing-body procurement websites directly rather than rely on this code for pipeline intelligence.