UNSPSC 85582577: Drainage of right parotid duct, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right 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 0C9B0ZZ

UNSPSC 85582577 Drainage of right parotid duct, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure (drainage of the right parotid duct via open surgical approach), but recent opportunities posted under this code involve occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefits, and emergency medical services for detained youth — none of which align with the code's stated scope. The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the actual buying patterns suggests either miscoding by issuing bodies or a fundamental disconnect between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how state and local governments are applying it to health and human services procurement.

The six recent opportunities span diverse issuing bodies — the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the Washington State Department of Transportation (on behalf of Washington State Ferries), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System — across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with response dates clustered between September 25 and October 16, 2026. None of these solicitations describe surgical drainage procedures or surgical pathology; instead they address administrative support for disability determinations, occupational health examinations, pharmacy administration, staffing pools, and emergency medical services. The code as currently labeled and as state and local buyers are applying it do not intersect meaningfully, making pursuit under this code unlikely to yield relevant opportunities going forward without clarification of the actual commodity classification.