UNSPSC 85561235: Excision of right external auditory canal, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right external auditory canal, 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 09B38ZZ

UNSPSC 85561235 Excision of right external auditory canal via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The code's medical-procedure nomenclature does not match the scope of work appearing in recent state and local opportunities tagged to it. Recent solicitations under this code involve occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-out programs, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth—none of which involve otologic surgical procedures. The issuing bodies include county governments (Collier County, Harris County, Santa Clara County), cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), and state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), reflecting a mix of health-benefits procurement, occupational safety compliance, and detention-facility healthcare contracting rather than surgical-procedure specification.

Geographic activity in the most recent opportunities spans Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with no concentration in any single region. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026) covering disability benefit determinations for public safety personnel; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (due October 9, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). The mismatch between the UNSPSC code's surgical-procedure specification and the actual procurement activity suggests either a coding error in the source data or that the code has been misapplied to health-services contracting that falls outside its intended scope. Firms pursuing work in occupational health, employee medical benefits, or public-sector healthcare staffing should not rely on this code as a reliable search filter for relevant opportunities.