UNSPSC 85561914: Drainage of left middle ear with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left middle ear with drainage device, 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 099600Z

UNSPSC 85561914 Drainage of left middle ear with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific otologic surgical procedure, but the six recent opportunities posted under this code reflect no connection to that clinical scope. Instead, the tagged opportunities span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for state ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for youth in custody, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involves drainage of the middle ear or otologic surgery. The mismatch suggests either a data-tagging error in the source procurement systems or a fundamental misalignment between the code's procedure-specific nomenclature and how state and local buyers classify health services contracting.

The issuing bodies span a geographic range including Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and Santa Clara County), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County). The buyers are diverse — municipal retirement offices, county human resources and health systems, state transportation agencies, and county juvenile probation departments — indicating no concentration among repeat buyers under this code. Recent notice types include RFP and RFI formats with response dates ranging from September through October 2026. Given the procedural mismatch between the code name and the actual services being solicited, this code is not a reliable indicator of middle ear drainage device procurement demand at the state and local level, and business development professionals should verify coding accuracy directly with issuing bodies before pursuing opportunities tagged to this classification.