UNSPSC 85562344: Alteration of right external ear with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to alteration of right external ear with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic 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 090047Z

UNSPSC 85562344 Alteration of right external ear with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The code's nominal scope—a highly specific surgical procedure on the external ear—does not align with the actual work documented in recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this classification. The six most recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance (Washington State Ferries), independent disability medical evaluations (City of Phoenix), surgical procedure carve-out benefits management (City of Long Beach), emergency and specialty care for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (Santa Clara County Health System). None involve the specific otologic surgical procedure the code nominally describes.

This mismatch between code nomenclature and procurement reality suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a data artifact in how the source material assigned the code. Issuers are city and county governments, a state transportation department, and a county health system across Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. No issuing body appears more than once under this code in the recent window. The geographic spread spans five states with no concentration in any single jurisdiction or region. Given the absence of opportunities actually soliciting ear surgery services and the substantial divergence between the code's clinical descriptor and the health-services-administration work actually being bought, firms should treat this code as inactive for procurement purposes and monitor for potential reclassification.