UNSPSC 85652546: Repair tongue, palate, pharynx muscle, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair tongue, palate, pharynx muscle, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0KQ44ZZ

UNSPSC 85652546 Repair tongue, palate, pharynx muscle, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities tagged to it reflect broad occupational and employee health services—medical record summary and disability evaluation, Centers of Excellence surgical carve-outs, occupational medical surveillance, juvenile detention medical care, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations actually procure tongue, palate, or pharynx repair procedures. The recent opportunities instead span medical administration, health plan management, occupational health screening, and clinical staffing—services orthogonal to the code's stated scope. Issuing bodies include a city retirement office (Phoenix), a municipal health system (Long Beach), a state transportation authority (Washington), a county juvenile probation department (Harris County), a county human resources and health consortium (Collier County), and a county health system (Santa Clara). This mix suggests the code has been misapplied across multiple jurisdictions and health-service domains rather than reflecting actual procurement of the surgical procedure the code names.

The geographic spread covers Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida based on the recent opportunities, but the geographic dispersion is a artifact of code-tagging error rather than true market activity under this Commodity. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's request for independent medical evaluation services (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) for approximately 75 annual disability determinations at a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation's request for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (RFP RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's establishment of a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing in ancillary clinical categories (RFQ RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). Business development professionals should verify actual code eligibility before pursuing opportunities under this Commodity, as the current tag appears to reflect systematic miscoding rather than procurement of the specific surgical service the code describes.