UNSPSC 85562103: Alteration of bilateral external ear with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to alteration of bilateral external ear with autologous tissue substitute, 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 090237Z

UNSPSC 85562103, Alteration of bilateral external ear with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that does not reflect the kinds of healthcare services state and local governments are currently buying. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out networks, and emergency medical services for youth in custody—none of which involve otologic surgical procedures using autografts. The code appears to be a procedural clinical billing code that does not map meaningfully to state and local procurement activity. A mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited suggests either misclassification in the source data or a code designation error by the issuing jurisdictions.

The geographic spread of the opportunities identified includes Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Washington (State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County), though the opportunities themselves—medical evaluation services, pharmacy management, temporary staffing pools, surgical network coordination, and occupational health examinations—do not align with the code's procedural name. State and local buyers in this cluster are pursuing operational healthcare administration and clinical staffing services, not surgical procedures. Absent evidence that this Commodity code reflects genuine procurement patterns for the service it nominally describes, the code does not signal actionable opportunity for business development purposes.