UNSPSC 85681411: Excision of right palatine bone, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right palatine bone, 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 0NBK0ZZ

UNSPSC 85681411 Excision of right palatine bone, open approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a surgical procedure, but the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under it do not align with this clinical scope. The opportunities posted under this code reflect healthcare administration and management services — inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care delivery, peer support programs, and fire department medical direction — rather than orthopedic or maxillofacial surgical procedures. The issuing bodies are county procurement offices and health departments (Muscogee County Prison via Columbus Consolidated Government, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Monroe County Board of County Commissioners, San Mateo County Health, and Santa Monica Fire Department), spanning corrections, county employee health plans, and municipal emergency services. This code shows limited relevant activity for surgical services as written.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Georgia (Muscogee County), Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), California (San Mateo County and Santa Monica), reflecting healthcare procurement across multiple states but concentrated in the administrative and primary-care management categories rather than surgical provision. Representative recent opportunities include Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP No. 26-0008 for comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison (due May 15, 2026, current contract cost $95,537.71 monthly), Collier County's RFP 25-8414 for pharmacy benefit management covering 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members with historical annual pharmacy spending of $8.7 million (due April 9, 2026), and Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for approximately 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026, effective October 1, 2026). The code appears to be a misclassification artifact in state local procurement systems; vendors pursuing healthcare contracts should verify code alignment independently rather than relying on this taxonomy entry.