UNSPSC 85561234: Excision of left external auditory canal, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of 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 09B47ZZ

UNSPSC 85561234 Excision of left external auditory canal, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code's abstract medical-procedure name does not align with the scope of work actually being solicited by state and local bodies in the source material. The recent opportunities tagged to this code describe general occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, pharmacy benefit management, emergency medical services for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve surgical excision of the external auditory canal or align with the procedural specificity the code name suggests. This mismatch indicates either miscoding in the state and local procurement systems or that the code is being used as a catch-all placeholder for medical services that fall outside its intended commodity scope.

The issuing bodies across the recent opportunities span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county agencies (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Santa Clara County Health System), and municipal governments (City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach). Geographic activity includes Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. The representative solicitations posted between July and September 2026 include the Washington State Ferries occupational medical surveillance RFP due October 9, 2026; the City of Phoenix disability medical evaluation services RFP due October 16, 2026; and the City of Long Beach surgical benefit carve-out PPO program RFP due October 7, 2026. Given the mismatch between the code's procedural name and the health services actually being procured, pursuit of opportunities under this code should be guided by close review of individual solicitation statements of work rather than reliance on the code classification alone.