UNSPSC 85582549: Occlusion of left parotid duct, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of left parotid duct, 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 0CLC0ZZ

UNSPSC 85582549 Occlusion of left parotid duct, open approach is a Commodity code that bears no meaningful relation to state and local government procurement activity. The code appears designed for a highly specific surgical procedure in a clinical or hospital billing taxonomy, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code are instead soliciting occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, health plan carve-out benefit programs, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical services for youth in custody—none of which involve parotid duct occlusion or align with the code's ostensible surgical scope. The mismatch suggests either a classification error in the source data or a fundamental misalignment between the code definition and how state and local procurement systems are applying the tag.

The six recent opportunities on record span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation for occupational medical surveillance), county health systems and authorities (Santa Clara County Health System for temporary health professional staffing; Collier County for pharmacy benefit management; Harris County for youth detention medical services), city retirement offices (City of Phoenix for independent medical evaluation services), and municipal employee benefits programs (City of Long Beach for surgical benefit carve-outs). These solicitations represent employee health management, occupational safety compliance, and benefits administration—administrative and clinical purchasing functions entirely distinct from surgical procedure coding. No clear repeat buyer or geographic concentration appears in the recent record. Given the fundamental mismatch between code scope and actual procurement activity, this code is not a reliable filter for pursuing work in the health services market segment it nominally describes.