UNSPSC 85642771: Extirpation of matter from face subcutaneous tissue and fascia, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from face subcutaneous tissue and fascia, percutaneous 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 0JC13ZZ

UNSPSC 85642771 Extirpation of matter from face subcutaneous tissue and fascia, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows a material misalignment between its nominal clinical descriptor and the state and local procurement activity currently posted under it. The recent opportunities tagged to this code include independent medical evaluation services for disability retirement determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefits for municipal employees, occupational health surveillance, youth detention medical services, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve dermatological or subcutaneous tissue procedures. The issuing bodies span city retirement offices, municipal benefits departments, state transportation agencies, county juvenile probation departments, county health consortiums, and county health systems, indicating use across multiple governance tiers and service lines unrelated to the code's stated scope.

Activity appears concentrated in the Southwest and West Coast regions, with recent solicitations from Phoenix, Arizona; Long Beach, California; Tacoma and Seattle, Washington; Harris County, Texas; and Santa Clara County, California. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office posted an RFP due October 16, 2026, for independent medical evaluation services supporting approximately 75 annual disability benefit applications under Arizona's Public Safety Personnel Retirement System, with a five-year contract ceiling of $750,000; the Washington State Department of Transportation (Ferries division) posted an RFP due October 9, 2026, for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry terminals with two-year base term and option to extend up to five additional one-year terms; and Collier County, Florida, posted an RFP (due April 9, 2026, now past deadline) for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees with historical annual spend near $8.7 million. The code's use in these contexts suggests either systematic miscoding at the posting level or a mismatch between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how some state and local procurement offices classify administrative or occupational health services; prospective vendors should verify actual scope requirements directly in solicitation documents rather than relying on the code name alone.