UNSPSC 85621168: Drainage of glomus jugulare with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of glomus jugulare 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 0G9C00Z

UNSPSC 85621168, Drainage of glomus jugulare with drainage device, open approach, is a Commodity code nominally describing a surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show no direct alignment with surgical drainage work. Instead, the code captures a broad range of occupational health, disability evaluation, and medical benefit management services procured by cities, counties, and state agencies to support employee health programs, pension disability determinations, and public safety personnel retirement systems. The work actually being solicited includes independent medical evaluation and record review for disability benefit applications, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. Issuing bodies span city retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation departments, and county juvenile probation departments—a mix reflecting the fragmented nature of public-sector health procurement across multiple administrative purposes rather than a unified service line.

The geographic spread includes Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara Health System), Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services covering disability determinations for approximately 75 annual applications with a maximum five-year contract value of $750,000 and responses due October 16, 2026; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations with responses due October 9, 2026 and a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFQ establishing a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories with responses due October 7, 2026. The code shows active solicitation but limited practical relevance to surgical drainage; the mismatch between the nominal code definition and the actual buying activity suggests misclassification in the state and local tagging process rather than a functioning commodity category for this procedure type.