UNSPSC 85652422: Drainage of tongue, palate, pharynx muscle with drainage device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of tongue, palate, pharynx muscle with drainage device, 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 0K9430Z

UNSPSC 85652422, Drainage of tongue, palate, pharynx muscle with drainage device, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its clinical procedure scope. The code nominally describes a specific otolaryngologic or head-and-neck surgical intervention, but the six most recent state and local opportunities posted under or near this code—spanning Phoenix, Long Beach, Washington State, Harris County, Collier County, and Santa Clara County between July and September 2026—cover disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency youth detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve drainage procedures, percutaneous approaches, or device-based interventions in the throat or palate region.

The mismatch suggests either miscoding by posting agencies or use of a broader medical-services taxonomy in the source system that does not align cleanly with UNSPSC commodity-level granularity. State and local health systems, counties, and transit authorities are actively procuring medical services—clinical staffing, benefit management, occupational health, and emergency care—but they are not currently soliciting drainage-device procedures at the Commodity level under this code. A firm pursuing work in otolaryngologic procedure services, device integration, or hospital-based surgical support should verify the correct UNSPSC classification with target agencies and monitor active health system RFPs for surgical services and specialty procedure networks rather than rely on this code as a procurement signal.