UNSPSC 85561241: Drainage of right tympanic membrane, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right tympanic membrane, 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 09978ZZ

UNSPSC 85561241 Drainage of right tympanic membrane, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code. The recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show minimal alignment with the code's nominal medical procedure description. Instead, the opportunities span occupational health surveillance, pension disability evaluations, surgical benefit administration, pharmacy benefit management, youth detention healthcare coordination, and temporary ancillary clinical staffing — none of which involve endoscopic tympanic drainage. The mismatch suggests either miscoding in the procurement systems or that the code carries administrative or classification functions disconnected from its procedural name. State and local bodies appear to use this code inconsistently across health system and municipal benefit administration contexts rather than as a descriptor of the specific otologic procedure the code nominally names.

The issuing bodies in the recent record include city retirement offices (Phoenix), city health benefit administrators (Long Beach, Collier County), state transportation departments (Washington State Ferries), county probation departments (Harris County), county health systems (Santa Clara), and transit authorities. Geographic activity appears across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no dominant concentration. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (response due October 16, 2026, up to $750,000 over five years), Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance (response due October 9, 2026, pre-bid scheduled August 31, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's qualification solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (response due October 7, 2026). Given the code's nominal scope and the actual work being bought, this code shows little relevant recent activity for practitioners focused on otologic procedures or endoscopic services.