UNSPSC 85632331: Supplement right nipple with synthetic substitute, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement right nipple with synthetic substitute, via natural or artificial opening. 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 0HUW7JZ

UNSPSC 85632331 Supplement right nipple with synthetic substitute, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not align with the code's nominal medical device scope. Instead, the tagged solicitations cover occupational medical surveillance services (Washington State Department of Transportation), independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations (City of Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-out programs and Centers of Excellence networks (City of Long Beach), emergency and specialty medical services for youth in custody (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (County of Santa Clara Health System). None of these procurements involve prosthetic breast implants or nipple reconstruction devices.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, but the nature of the tagged opportunities—administrative healthcare services, benefits management, and staffing—indicates either misclassification of opportunities by issuing bodies or a code that does not reflect current state and local medical device procurement patterns. The issuing bodies include county governments, state departments, and municipal agencies, but they are soliciting healthcare program administration and clinical staffing rather than medical devices. Practitioners pursuing state and local opportunities under this Commodity code should verify that specific RFPs and RFQs they encounter are actually seeking prosthetic or reconstructive medical devices rather than healthcare services, as the recent sample suggests systematic divergence between the code's intended scope and how it is being tagged in practice.