UNSPSC 85581879: Drainage of lower tooth with drainage device, external approach, all

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of lower tooth with drainage device, external approach, all. 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 0C9XX02

UNSPSC 85581879 Drainage of lower tooth with drainage device, external approach, all is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific dental surgical procedure—does not match the actual work being solicited under this designation in the source material. Recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension determinations, specialty surgical carve-out benefits, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. None of these solicitations involve dental procedures, tooth drainage, or drainage devices. The issuing bodies represent a diverse mix of state departments, counties, and municipal health systems—the Washington State Department of Transportation (ferries occupational health), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County, and the County of Santa Clara Health System—but their actual procurement activity is disconnected from the code's stated scope.

The geographic spread spans Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas, with no concentration in any single state. Representative recent solicitations include the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services (responses due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (responses due October 16, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFQ for temporary health professional staffing services (responses due October 7, 2026). The code exhibits a fundamental mismatch between its taxonomy designation and the health services and administrative functions state and local governments are actually buying. Firms pursuing opportunities in this code should treat the recent activity as misclassified by issuing bodies rather than representative of the code's stated scope.