UNSPSC 85562414: Replacement of nasal turbinate via natural or artificial opening nonautologous tissue substitute, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of nasal turbinate via natural or artificial opening nonautologous tissue substitute, via natural or artificial opening. 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 09RL7KZ

UNSPSC 85562414 Replacement of nasal turbinate via natural or artificial opening nonautologous tissue substitute, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code whose nominal title does not align with the scope of work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local activity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code involve occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluation services for disability determination, specialty surgical benefits administration, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention healthcare services — none of which involve nasal turbinate replacement or otolaryngological procedures. State and local procurement offices are using this code to classify a range of occupational health, medical staffing, and benefits administration services that fall outside the procedure-specific scope the code name describes.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems and departments (Santa Clara County Health System, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County), municipal retirement boards (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), and city employee benefit programs (City of Long Beach). Geographic activity centers on Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with recent opportunities from WSDOT for occupational medical surveillance across 14 Washington State ferry locations (responses due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office for independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations (responses due October 16, 2026), and the City of Long Beach for surgical benefit carve-out management for approximately 3,800 employees and retirees in its health plan (responses due October 7, 2026). The code shows no meaningful recent activity aligned with its stated commodity definition and signals either a systematic miscoding issue or a vendor classification practice at odds with the UNSPSC taxonomy's intended scope.