UNSPSC 85561256: Destruction of right tympanic membrane, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right 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 09577ZZ

UNSPSC 85561256 Destruction of right tympanic membrane, via natural or artificial opening (Commodity) does not align with the actual scope of state and local procurement activity captured under this code. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical benefit carve-out programs, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve otologic procedures or tympanic membrane destruction. The mismatch indicates either a data-entry error in tagging these solicitations or a systematic misalignment between the UNSPSC commodity definition and the purchasing offices' classification practices. No state or local solicitations reviewed target otologic or ENT surgical services.

The geographic and issuing-body diversity reflected in the tagged opportunities spans Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), with issuing bodies including municipal pension offices, county health systems, state transportation agencies, county human resources divisions, and juvenile justice authorities. Because these opportunities are not substantively related to the code's nominal scope, no meaningful inference about tympanic membrane destruction procurement can be drawn from this activity.