UNSPSC 85582214: Excision of tongue, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of tongue, open 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 0CB70ZZ

UNSPSC 85582214 Excision of tongue, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure typically performed in hospital or ambulatory surgical settings, yet the recent opportunities posted under this code — inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction — involve neither tongue excision procedures nor surgical services of any kind. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited suggests the code is not being used accurately by the issuing bodies, or the opportunities are tagged incorrectly in the source system.

The few named opportunities span Georgia, Florida, and California issuing bodies (Columbus Consolidated Government, Collier County, Monroe County, San Mateo County, and Santa Monica Fire Department), but none of them contemplate procurement of the surgical service the code purports to describe. Until the source reflects opportunities genuinely soliciting tongue excision procedures or related surgical services, this code does not present a clear platform for business development activity in state and local procurement.