UNSPSC 85561689: Destruction of right eustachian tube, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right eustachian tube, open approach. 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 095F0ZZ

UNSPSC 85561689 Destruction of right eustachian tube, open approach is a Commodity code that reflects a procedural medical classification with minimal relevance to actual state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope describes a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code do not involve destruction of the eustachian tube or related otologic surgery. Instead, the opportunities posted under this code span occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, surgical procedure carve-out networks for government employee benefits, and independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations. The actual buying across these opportunities centers on administrative medical services, health plan administration, occupational compliance examinations, and staffing solutions for clinical ancillary positions—work that does not align with the code's surgical procedure name.

Recent opportunities span Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, posted September 16, 2026 with a response due date of October 16, 2026), California (City of Long Beach surgical benefit carve-out program for employee health plans, posted August 26, 2026 with proposals due October 7, 2026; County of Santa Clara Health System temporary health professional staffing pool, posted July 7, 2026 with proposals due October 7, 2026), Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management services, posted August 20, 2026 with responses due April 9, 2026), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation medical surveillance for ferry workers, posted August 25, 2026 with proposals due October 9, 2026), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department RFI for emergency and specialty medical services, posted August 24, 2026 with responses due September 25, 2026). The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, county human resources and health departments, a state transportation agency, and county probation departments. This code shows significant mismatch between its nominal surgical scope and the administrative and staffing medical services actually being solicited, suggesting either a classification error in the state or local procurement system or that this Commodity code has been assigned inappropriately to non-surgical medical administration contracts.