UNSPSC 85582526: Replacement of left parotid duct with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of left parotid duct with nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0CRC0KZ

UNSPSC 85582526 Replacement of left parotid duct with nonautologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code whose designation does not align with recent state and local contract activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the six recent opportunities posted between July and September 2026 — independent medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, surgical carve-out networks, emergency youth detention healthcare, and temporary health professional staffing — do not involve parotid duct replacement or related otolaryngological surgery. State and local procurement offices appear to have tagged these opportunities with this code in error, or the code is being used as a catch-all for diverse medical service procurement that falls outside the code's intended scope. The work being solicited under this code tag spans occupational health compliance, administrative disability benefit determinations, specialty network management, and temporary clinical staffing — none of which is surgical in nature or specific to parotid procedures.

The issuing bodies include county health systems (Santa Clara County Health System, Collier County Board of County Commissioners), municipal retirement offices (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county probation departments (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and local benefits procurement offices (City of Long Beach). Recent activity concentrates in California, Arizona, Washington, and Texas, though the geographic spread is too thin and the code mismatch too pronounced to support meaningful geographic characterization. The lack of alignment between the code definition and actual procurement scope suggests this code sees little or no genuine utilization for parotid surgery or related otolaryngological procedures in state and local markets. Firms pursuing opportunities tagged with this code should verify the actual scope in each RFP, RFQ, or RFI directly and disregard the UNSPSC designation as unreliable.