UNSPSC 85583046: Drainage of right submaxillary gland with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right submaxillary gland with drainage device, 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 0C9G00Z

UNSPSC 85583046 Drainage of right submaxillary gland with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that appears in recent state and local procurement activity bearing little substantive relationship to its nominal clinical scope. The six opportunities posted between July and September 2026 across the code classify unrelated health services including independent disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-out program management, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve drainage procedures, surgical devices, or submaxillary gland treatment; the mismatch suggests a data-entry or taxonomy-assignment error rather than coherent procurement activity under the code's stated clinical definition. The issuing bodies span county health systems (Santa Clara), municipal retirement offices (Phoenix), county human resources and benefits functions (Long Beach, Collier County), state transportation departments (Washington), county juvenile justice (Harris County), and county health consortiums, but they are acquiring administrative healthcare services, staffing, and benefits management rather than clinical procedures or surgical supplies.

Geographic activity appears concentrated in California (Santa Clara, Long Beach, Collier County), Arizona (Phoenix), Washington (WSDOT), and Texas (Harris County), with no coherent geographic pattern. Representative recent solicitations include the Phoenix Fire and Police Pension Boards' RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026, $750,000 five-year maximum), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance across fourteen ferry system locations (due October 9, 2026, cost-based scoring with 40 percent pricing weight), and Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive qualified-vendor pool RFP for temporary ancillary health professional staffing across thirteen clinical categories (due October 7, 2026, five-year term with no guaranteed volume). The code shows recent posting activity but carries no meaningful signal for vendors whose core services align with the code's nominal surgical and procedural definition.