UNSPSC 85561731: Replacement of right middle ear with autologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right middle ear with autologous tissue substitute, 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 09R507Z

UNSPSC 85561731, Replacement of right middle ear with autologous tissue substitute, open approach (Commodity), does not align with the state and local procurement activity recorded under this code. The recent opportunities posted under this code span independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, occupational health surveillance, specialty surgical carve-out benefits, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, emergency medical services for detained youth, and general health plan administration — none of which describe orthopedic surgical procedures or tissue-substitute implantation. The code's nominal scope addresses a specific surgical intervention; the solicitations instead capture medical administration, staffing, and benefits management services that fall outside the code's technical definition. State and local procurement offices are using this code to tag health services opportunities that do not fit the surgical-procedure classification the code name implies.

The issuing bodies span county and municipal health systems and pension administrators across multiple states. Phoenix's Retirement Office is soliciting independent medical evaluations for disability benefit determinations (RFP, due October 16, 2026); Long Beach is requesting surgical carve-out benefit program management (RFP, due October 7, 2026); Washington State Department of Transportation is seeking occupational medical surveillance services (RFP, due October 9, 2026); Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued a request for information on emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (RFI, due September 25, 2026); Collier County is soliciting pharmacy benefit management (RFP, due April 9, 2026); and Santa Clara County Health System is establishing a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (RFP, due October 7, 2026). Geographic activity appears concentrated in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington; the code shows no pattern of recent activity tied to its stated surgical scope, suggesting either classification error in source systems or systematic miscoding of health services procurement under an orthopedic surgery commodity code.