UNSPSC 85631965: Repair right nipple, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair right nipple, 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 0HQW0ZZ

UNSPSC 85631965 Repair right nipple, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code's nominal scope—a surgical procedure for nipple repair—bears no meaningful relation to the healthcare and human services contracting actually occurring under this designation in the source opportunities. The five recent state and local solicitations tagged to this code span inmate medical and pharmacy services (Columbus Consolidated Government), pharmacy benefit management for county employees (Collier County), virtual primary and urgent care services (Monroe County), peer support services for behavioral health workers (San Mateo County), and fire department medical director services (Santa Monica Fire Department). None of these procurements involve nipple repair or any surgical repair procedure. This appears to be a taxonomy misclassification in the posting systems used by these jurisdictions.

The code shows activity across multiple states—Georgia, Florida (twice), and California—but the mismatch between the code's documented clinical scope and the services actually being solicited suggests that vendors should not rely on this code as a reliable signal for pursuing state and local healthcare contracting. The underlying opportunities themselves—inmate medical care, PBM administration, virtual primary care, behavioral health peer support, and emergency medical direction—represent legitimate procurement activity, but they are being tagged incorrectly. Business development professionals should identify opportunities in these areas through direct monitoring of individual jurisdictions' procurement portals and through industry-specific healthcare purchasing vehicles rather than through UNSPSC 85631965.