UNSPSC 85652411: Extirpation of matter from tongue, palate, pharynx muscle, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from tongue, palate, pharynx muscle, 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 0KC43ZZ

UNSPSC 85652411, Extirpation of matter from tongue, palate, pharynx muscle, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that bears no substantive relation to the state and local contract opportunities posted under it. The code's title references a specific surgical procedure—percutaneous removal of tissue from the upper airway—but recent solicitations tagged with this code instead solicit independent medical evaluation services, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these activities involve the procedure named in the code, and the mismatch suggests either a systematic tagging error in the source data or a fundamental misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy assignment and actual state and local procurement practice at the jurisdictions issuing these opportunities. The issuing bodies include municipal retirement offices, county government health systems, state transportation departments, and county boards of commissioners across multiple states, but the work being solicited does not map to the code's nominal scope.

Recent activity appears in Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office, RFP RTMRFP26001, independent medical evaluation services, due October 16, 2026), California (City of Long Beach, RFP HR26753, surgical benefit carve-out program, due October 7, 2026; County of Santa Clara Health System, RFSQHHSFY270052, temporary health professional staffing, due October 7, 2026), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation, RFP RFP20260825, occupational medical surveillance, due October 9, 2026), Florida (Collier County Board of County Commissioners, RFP 25-8414, pharmacy benefit management, due April 9, 2026), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, RFI 071626BNM, specialty and emergency medical services for youth in custody, due September 25, 2026). Given the disconnect between the code definition and the work actually solicited, this code shows little relevant recent activity for procurement professionals targeting the procedure it nominally describes.