UNSPSC 85582215: Drainage of tongue, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage 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 0C970ZZ

UNSPSC 85582215 Drainage of tongue, open approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code include independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, occupational medical surveillance for ferry system employees, surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits for municipal employee health plans, pharmacy benefit management services, specialty medical care for youth in custody, and temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories. None of these solicitations involve tongue drainage or any surgical procedure matching the code's nominal scope. State and local procurement offices appear to have applied the code to a broad range of occupational health, employee benefits administration, and clinical staffing services that fall outside the code's stated clinical definition.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County). Issuing bodies span city retirement offices, municipal human resources departments, state transportation agencies, county health systems, and county probation departments. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office seeks independent medical evaluators for disability pension applications with a $750,000 five-year maximum contract and proposals due October 16, 2026; the Washington State Department of Transportation requests occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry locations with proposals due October 9, 2026 and a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026; and the County of Santa Clara Health System is establishing a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories with proposals due October 7, 2026. The code shows no meaningful alignment with its stated clinical content and appears to be a data-classification error rather than an active procurement category for state and local buyers.