UNSPSC 85561854: Excision of right external ear, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right external ear, 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 09B00ZZ

UNSPSC 85561854, Excision of right external ear, open approach, is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure—does not match any of the state and local opportunities posted under this classification. The five most recent opportunities tagged to this code involve inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for peer workers under a mental health innovation pilot, and fire department medical director services. None of these solicitations procure or reference excision of the external ear as a clinical service or procurement category. The mismatch suggests either miscoding by the issuing bodies or that this Commodity code is not in active use for state and local procurement.

State and local governments do not appear to be buying this specific procedure through formal procurement channels at the jurisdictional level covered by recent UNSPSC activity. If your firm offers surgical procedures or related medical services to correctional, county health, or municipal fire department populations, the underlying clinical and administrative services—inmate healthcare management, pharmacy benefit administration, employee virtual care, and peer mental health support—are the actual procurement categories in active use. Those services route through different UNSPSC families focused on healthcare management and employee benefits administration rather than this Commodity code.