UNSPSC 85562106: Alteration of left external ear with synthetic substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to alteration of left external ear with synthetic 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 09013JZ

UNSPSC 85562106 Alteration of left external ear with synthetic substitute, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The recent opportunities tagged to this code — independent medical evaluations for public safety pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out networks, occupational medical surveillance, specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — are administrative healthcare services, network management, and staffing functions that do not align with the code's narrow clinical definition of a specific surgical procedure. The mismatch indicates either miscoding in the source data or that this Commodity code does not reflect active state and local purchasing patterns.

No state and local solicitations for the specific procedure named in UNSPSC 85562106 appear in the recent opportunities block. State and local entities soliciting under this code identifier are acquiring broader healthcare administration, benefits management, and clinical staffing services rather than procurement of surgical implant procedures or physician services for otologic surgery. Pursuing this code would require clarification of whether the actual buying activity aligns with the code's stated scope or whether a higher-tier code better captures the healthcare service categories state and local governments are actively soliciting.