UNSPSC 85582648: Extirpation of matter from tonsils, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from tonsils, 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 0CCP3ZZ

UNSPSC 85582648 Extirpation of matter from tonsils, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that exhibits minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure—percutaneous tonsil extirpation—but the five most recent opportunities posted under this code are healthcare services contracts with no clinical connection to tonsil surgery: inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county jail, pharmacy benefit management for county employee health plans, virtual primary and urgent care platforms, peer support for behavioral health peer workers, and fire department medical director services. None of these solicitations involve tonsillectomy or related surgical procedures. The issuing bodies include county health departments, county correctional systems, and municipal fire departments across multiple states.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), Georgia (Muscogee County), California (San Mateo County), and California (Santa Monica), reflecting scattered county-level and municipal procurement without concentration in any single region. Representative recent opportunities include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP 26-0008 for inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison, due May 15, 2026, and Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management services for approximately 2,400 county employees and 4,800 covered members, due April 9, 2026. The code shows no evidence of alignment with its stated scope and should be monitored for corrective reclassification or treated as a tagging error in the state and local procurement system rather than a genuine purchasing category for surgical services.