UNSPSC 85581201: Supplement lower gingiva with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement lower gingiva with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0CU63KZ

UNSPSC 85581201 Supplement lower gingiva with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual work being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span inmate medical and pharmacy services, county pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve surgical gingival augmentation or tissue substitutes. The code designation appears to be a misclassification by the issuing bodies rather than an accurate representation of the goods or services being procured.

The issuing bodies include county governments (Muscogee County, Georgia; Collier County, Florida; Monroe County, Florida; Santa Mateo County, California) and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica, California), with recent activity concentrated in Florida and California. Representative recent opportunities include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 for comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members (due April 9, 2026), and Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services covering approximately 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026). No procurement activity under this code reflects the orthopedic or periodontal surgical services the UNSPSC number nominally describes, indicating either systematic miscoding by the issuing bodies or that the code has been repurposed for unrelated health services contracting. Business development professionals should verify code assignment before pursuing opportunities tagged to this Commodity code.