UNSPSC 85562934: Drainage of nasal turbinate, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of nasal turbinate, 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 099L3ZZ

UNSPSC 85562934 Drainage of nasal turbinate, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code show no alignment with the code's clinical scope. The opportunities instead cover occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit management, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty medical services for detained youth, and independent medical examinations—none of which involve nasal turbinate procedures. This code shows no substantive recent activity in state and local procurement that matches its nominal clinical definition.

The mismatch suggests either a data-classification error in the source or that this code is being used as a catch-all tag for unrelated health services. The single opportunity most proximate to medical procedures—the City of Long Beach surgical carve-out RFP due October 7, 2026, which covers knee, hip, orthopedic, shoulder, spine, heart, weight loss, and oncology procedures—does not include nasal or ENT procedures. Without recent solicitations that actually seek nasal turbinate drainage services from state and local governments, this code does not present a meaningful procurement signal for business development.