UNSPSC 85562745: Drainage of left ethmoid sinus with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left ethmoid sinus with drainage device, open 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 099V00Z

UNSPSC 85562745 Drainage of left ethmoid sinus with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure, yet recent state and local opportunities tagged with this code do not reflect actual sinus drainage work. The code shows a fundamental mismatch between its procedural nomenclature and the medical services state and local governments are actually procuring. The recent opportunities instead reflect demand for occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, health professional staffing, specialty surgical networks for government employees, and emergency medical services for detained youth — none of which involve ethmoid sinus drainage or related ENT procedures. This suggests either a systematic classification error in how recent solicitations were tagged or that the code's tagging function has diverged substantially from the work being solicited.

No state and local procurement activity directly related to drainage of left ethmoid sinus with drainage device, open approach appears in the recent opportunities block. The Washington State Department of Transportation's medical surveillance solicitation (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) and the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) are occupational and disability assessment services, not procedural surgery. The City of Long Beach's surgical benefit carve-out RFP (HR26753, due October 7, 2026) addresses bundled payment networks for knee, hip, orthopedic, spine, heart, and oncology procedures — not sinus procedures. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for procurement purposes or investigate whether the tagging reflects a data quality issue rather than genuine market demand.