UNSPSC 85581007: Supplement buccal mucosa with nonautologous tissue substitute, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement buccal mucosa with nonautologous tissue substitute, external 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 0CU4XKZ

UNSPSC 85581007 Supplement buccal mucosa with nonautologous tissue substitute, external approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a surgical procedure involving oral mucous-membrane grafting. Recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows no concrete match to this clinical description. The six recent opportunities posted between July and September 2026 span occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, independent medical evaluations for public safety pension boards, surgical care networks for municipal employees, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty medical services for detained youth, and emergency and specialty care coordination—none of which involve oral tissue supplementation or buccal grafting procedures. The code appears to have been applied inconsistently or incorrectly to administrative and contracted health services rather than to surgical procedures within its stated scope.

The recent opportunities originate from diverse issuing bodies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California). Activity is concentrated in California, Texas, Arizona, Florida, and Washington. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services with a $750,000 maximum over five years (due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance with responses due October 9, 2026, and the County of Santa Clara Health System qualification solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). The mismatch between the code's surgical nomenclature and the actual services being procured suggests either systematic miscoding by source jurisdictions or that this commodity code is rarely or never used correctly in current state and local practice.