UNSPSC 85631617: Replacement of left ear skin with synthetic substitute, full thickness, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of left ear skin with synthetic substitute, full thickness, external 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 0HR3XJ3

UNSPSC 85631617 Replacement of left ear skin with synthetic substitute, full thickness, external approach is a Commodity code showing minimal relevance to recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the six recent opportunities posted under this code—spanning Phoenix's pension-board medical evaluations, Long Beach's surgical benefit carve-out, Washington State Ferries occupational health surveillance, Harris County juvenile detention healthcare, Collier County pharmacy benefit management, and Santa Clara County temporary health professional staffing—involve administrative health benefit services, occupational medicine programs, and staffing coordination rather than reconstructive ear surgery or related surgical supplies. None of the opportunities explicitly procure synthetic ear-skin implants, surgical hardware, or related devices.

The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either misclassification in the source data or a fundamental disconnect between UNSPSC taxonomy and how this jurisdiction group tags healthcare service purchases. State and local governments buying under this code are drawing from diverse issuing bodies—county health systems, county human resources divisions, state transportation agencies, county probation departments, and city pension boards—across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. No single issuing body appears more than once, and no geographic concentration is evident. Without opportunities clearly aligned to the code's stated surgical focus, the code presents negligible business development opportunity in state and local procurement at present.