UNSPSC 85562001: Revision of nonautologous tissue substitute in left ear, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of nonautologous tissue substitute in left ear, percutaneous 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 09WJ3KZ

UNSPSC 85562001 Revision of nonautologous tissue substitute in left ear, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows a significant mismatch between its clinical taxonomy label and the actual work state and local governments are procuring under it. The recent opportunities tagged to this code do not involve tissue substitutes, ear revision procedures, or percutaneous surgical approaches. Instead, they encompass occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, health professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs — none of which align with the code's nominal clinical procedure scope. The code appears to be used as a catch-all medical services classifier by state and local procurement systems rather than as a true procedure-specific code, reflecting either systematic miscoding or the code's misapplication to broader healthcare administration and staffing work.

Recent activity spans Arizona, Washington State, California, and Florida jurisdictions, with issuing bodies including city retirement offices, state transportation departments, county health systems, county commissioners, and county juvenile probation departments. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office posted RFP RTMRFP26001 on September 16, 2026 for independent medical evaluation services with a due date of October 16, 2026, covering disability medical record summaries and physician examinations for approximately 75 annual applications under a five-year, $750,000 contract. The Washington State Department of Transportation posted RFP RFP20260825 on August 25, 2026 for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations, with proposals due October 9, 2026 and a pre-bid conference scheduled for August 31, 2026. The County of Santa Clara Health System posted a non-exclusive multiple-award RFSQ on July 7, 2026 for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories, with proposals due October 7, 2026. Given the taxonomy-to-practice disconnect, vendors pursuing opportunities under this code should verify actual scope alignment before resource investment, as the code's current usage does not reliably predict procurement needs.