UNSPSC 85561339: Dilation of right eustachian tube, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to dilation of right eustachian tube, 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 097F7ZZ

UNSPSC 85561339, Dilation of right eustachian tube via natural or artificial opening, is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific clinical procedure, but the six recent state and local opportunities posted under or near this code classify as medical staffing, benefits administration, pharmacy management, occupational health surveillance, and emergency care services—none involving eustachian tube dilation or the specialized otologic procedures the code's name suggests. The mismatch indicates that either the code has been misapplied to these opportunities or state and local procurement systems are using this Commodity code as a catchall for broader healthcare service categories without precision alignment to its clinical scope.

The opportunities that do appear—independent medical evaluation services from the City of Phoenix, surgical benefits carve-out from the City of Long Beach, occupational medical surveillance from Washington State Ferries, emergency and specialty care for detained youth from Harris County, pharmacy benefit management from Collier County, and temporary health professional staffing from Santa Clara County Health System—reflect genuine state and local healthcare contracting activity across multiple jurisdictions and issuing bodies, but none of these align to the eustachian tube procedure the code nominally describes. Business development professionals evaluating this code should recognize it as either an administrative or classification error rather than a signal of active procurement in otologic services.