UNSPSC 85562062: Drainage of left tympanic membrane, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left tympanic membrane, 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 09983ZZ

UNSPSC 85562062 Drainage of left tympanic membrane, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope — a specific otologic surgical procedure — does not align with the medical and healthcare services state and local governments are actively procuring under this classification. Recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code do not involve tympanic drainage; instead, they span occupational health surveillance, pension-system disability evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out networks, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention healthcare services. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, county human resources divisions, state transportation departments, county boards, and public health systems. The mismatch between the code's stated procedure and the actual solicitations suggests this code sees little or no relevant recent procurement activity aligned with its clinical definition.

The geographic distribution of recent opportunities spans Arizona (Phoenix Retirement Office), California (Long Beach, Santa Clara County), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation), and Florida (Collier County), though the opportunities themselves address healthcare administration, staffing, and benefit management rather than otologic surgery. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 maximum over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance (due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFQ to establish a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). None of these involve the procedure named in the code; the code classification appears to reflect a data-entry or taxonomy-mapping error by the issuing bodies rather than genuine procurement activity in otologic surgery.