UNSPSC 85582306: Replacement of tongue with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of tongue with autologous 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 0CR737Z

UNSPSC 85582306, Replacement of tongue with autologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach, a Commodity code, shows no alignment with state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code are unrelated to the surgical procedure the Commodity describes. The solicitations span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgery benefit carve-outs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty medical care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve tongue replacement or autologous tissue procedures. The UNSPSC tagging appears to reflect a data-classification mismatch rather than genuine procurement demand for the procedure named in the code.

The issuing bodies in the recent-opportunities block include a city retirement office (City of Phoenix), a municipal government (City of Long Beach), a state transportation department (Washington State Department of Transportation), a county juvenile probation department (Harris County), a county health-care consortium (Collier County), and a county health system (Santa Clara County), representing a mix of local health benefits administration, occupational health compliance, detention-facility medical services, and clinical staffing procurement across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Given the mismatch between the code's scope and the actual work being solicited, this code is not a productive pursuit target for firms seeking state and local medical-procedure contracts.