UNSPSC 85681838: Division of left palatine bone, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to division of left palatine bone, 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 0N8L3ZZ

UNSPSC 85681838 Division of left palatine bone, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that sits at the bottom of the medical procedures taxonomy, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code reveal a fundamental mismatch: none of the solicitations are actually seeking surgical procedures for division of the palatine bone or any orthopedic/ENT surgical services. Instead, state and local buyers are tagging healthcare administration, occupational medicine surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, emergency medical services for detained youth, temporary clinical staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs under this code. The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope; the opportunities reflect either data-entry errors in how state and local procurement offices have classified their healthcare and benefits-administration needs, or a systematic miscoding of medical-services procurement across the jurisdictions using this taxonomy.

The six recent opportunities span Arizona (City of Phoenix disability pension medical evaluations and examinations), California (City of Long Beach surgical procedure carve-out network management and County of Santa Clara temporary health professional staffing), Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation occupational medical surveillance for ferries workers), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth). The issuing bodies include city retirement and benefits offices, county human resources and procurement divisions, state transportation departments, and special-purpose health systems. Response dates cluster in early October 2026 (Phoenix RFP due October 16; Long Beach RFP due October 7; WSDOT RFP due October 9; Santa Clara RFQ due October 7), with one earlier deadline (Harris County RFI due September 25). Pursue this code only if your firm operates in healthcare administration, benefits consulting, occupational medicine networks, pharmacy benefit management, or temporary clinical staffing contracting—not if you provide surgical or procedural services aligned with the code's nominal description.