UNSPSC 85562921: Drainage of right ethmoid sinus with drainage device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right ethmoid sinus with drainage device, 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 099U30Z

UNSPSC 85562921 Drainage of right ethmoid sinus with drainage device, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure code—and actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not represent sinus drainage procedures or related surgical devices. Instead, the code has been applied to solicitations for occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefit administration, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical services for youth in custody. This mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or an overloaded taxonomy application where medical service categories have been collapsed into procedure-specific UNSPSC codes. State and local governments are not sourcing right ethmoid sinus drainage devices or related surgical supplies under this code in any of the recent postings reviewed.

The issuing bodies span state health departments (Washington State Department of Transportation ferries medical surveillance), county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris County), city pension boards (City of Phoenix), and municipal employee benefit programs (City of Long Beach). Geographic representation includes Washington, California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida, with no clear concentration. Representative recent solicitations include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026) for baseline and periodic exams across 14 ferry system locations, and the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (due October 16, 2026) for approximately 75 annual disability benefit applications at $750,000 over five years. The code appears to be a poor fit for state and local procurement planning; vendors should verify correct UNSPSC classification before pursuing opportunities tagged under this code.