UNSPSC 85642681: Drainage of face subcutaneous tissue and fascia, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of face subcutaneous tissue and fascia, 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 0J910ZZ

UNSPSC 85642681 Drainage of face subcutaneous tissue and fascia, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-outs for city employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for ferry system workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—do not reflect the specific surgical procedure the code nominates. State and local governments are not soliciting surgical drainage procedures; they are procuring administrative medical services, benefits management, and clinical staffing support. The code appears to have been misapplied to these health services opportunities by the issuing bodies.

The issuing bodies include city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), municipal human resources and benefits divisions (City of Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile probation (Harris County), county health systems and procurement offices (Collier County, Santa Clara County), and county-level consortiums managing employee benefits. Recent activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with opportunities posted between late July and mid-September 2026 and response deadlines clustering in early to mid-October 2026. Because the code's nominal scope—a specific surgical drainage procedure—does not match the work actually being solicited, this code carries no meaningful signal for vendors pursuing state and local contracts in healthcare services or benefits administration. Procurement professionals should treat this code as misclassified and not use it as a reliable filter for relevant opportunities in occupational medicine, benefits carve-outs, medical staffing, or pension-related disability evaluations.