UNSPSC 85562854: Extraction of right mastoid sinus, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extraction of right mastoid sinus, 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 09DB3ZZ

UNSPSC 85562854 Extraction of right mastoid sinus, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the code shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with that clinical scope. The six most recent opportunities posted under this code are actually soliciting occupational and disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical carve-out network administration, and emergency/inpatient care for detained youth — none of which involve mastoid sinus extraction or other operative procedures.

The mismatch between the code's name and the actual work being procured suggests either a data-entry error in the state and local bidding systems or a persistent miscoding of health services across multiple jurisdictions. The issuers include a city retirement office, two California cities, a state transportation department, a county juvenile probation department, and a county health care consortium. Without opportunities that legitimately fall under mastoid extraction or closely related otologic procedures, this code does not present a meaningful procurement opportunity for vendors in operative or procedural medicine. Firms pursuing contracts in occupational health surveillance, disability medical record management, or healthcare benefit administration may encounter this code in vendor qualification systems, but the code itself does not accurately reflect the buying activity being conducted.