UNSPSC 85583009: Resection of right parotid gland, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to resection of right parotid gland, 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 0CT80ZZ

UNSPSC 85583009 "Resection of right parotid gland, open approach" is a Commodity code showing minimal alignment between its clinical procedure name and the state and local health services being solicited under it. The recent opportunities tagged to this code do not involve parotid gland resection or surgical procedures at all. Instead, they reflect procurement for occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension and disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical care networks through Centers of Excellence, temporary health professional staffing placement, and emergency medical services for detained youth. The issuing bodies are county health systems, county boards of commissioners, state departments of transportation, city retirement offices, and county detention authorities—a mix of health care purchasing, employee benefits administration, and public safety personnel support.

Recent activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. The Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries issued RFP 20260825 requesting occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry terminal and vessel locations, with proposals due October 9, 2026. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office issued RTMRFP26001 on September 16, 2026 seeking independent medical evaluation services for approximately 75 annual disability benefit applications under the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System, with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years and proposals due October 16, 2026. The City of Long Beach issued HR26753 requesting a surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit program for its Anthem Blue Cross PPO plan covering knee, hip, orthopedic, shoulder, spine, heart, weight loss, and oncology procedures, with proposals due October 7, 2026 and contract go-live targeted for April 1, 2027. The code's mismatch with the actual scope of work being purchased suggests either miscoding in the source data or that state and local procurement systems are not reliably tagging health services activity to this specific clinical procedure code.