UNSPSC 85622358: Extirpation of matter from right thyroid gland lobe, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from right thyroid gland lobe, 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 0GCH0ZZ

UNSPSC 85622358 Extirpation of matter from right thyroid gland lobe, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure on thyroid tissue; however, recent state and local opportunities posted under this code do not reflect thyroid surgery procurement. Instead, the solicitations tagged to this code cover independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, occupational medical surveillance programs, surgical benefit carve-out networks for municipal employees, emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, state transportation departments, county health systems, county commissioners, and county juvenile probation departments. This mix indicates the code is being misapplied to general healthcare contracting and staffing rather than to the specific surgical procedure its name describes.

Recent opportunities under this code span Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office posted an RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) for independent medical evaluation services supporting disability benefit determinations, with a five-year contract ceiling of $750,000. The Washington State Department of Transportation, on behalf of Washington State Ferries, posted an RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 Washington ferry locations. The City of Long Beach posted an RFP (HR26753, due October 7, 2026) for a surgical procedure carve-out benefit program offering Centers of Excellence networks for orthopedic, cardiac, and oncology procedures for approximately 3,800 municipal employees and retirees. Given the absence of thyroid-surgery-specific procurement in the recent opportunities block, vendors pursuing work under this code should recognize it as a taxonomy misclassification and evaluate opportunities based on their actual scope—medical staffing, evaluation services, and benefit management—rather than surgical procedures.