UNSPSC 85753176: Destruction of bilateral testes, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of bilateral testes, 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 0V5C0ZZ

UNSPSC 85753176 Destruction of bilateral testes, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The five most recent opportunities tagged under this code—inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison, pharmacy benefit management for a county employee health plan, virtual primary and urgent care services for a county workforce, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical director services—are unrelated to the surgical procedure named in the code. None of these solicitations request destruction of bilateral testes or any comparable urological surgical services; instead, they describe administrative healthcare contracting, workplace wellness programs, and medical staffing. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either a systematic tagging error in the source data or minimal genuine procurement activity under this code at the state and local level.

State and local buyers do not appear to be soliciting surgical services at the Commodity level through standard procurement channels. Medical procedures of this specificity are typically embedded within institutional healthcare contracts (such as the Muscogee County Prison inmate medical services RFP, which covers comprehensive care including unspecified surgical services as part of a provider's scope) or are performed by employed staff rather than procured as standalone line items. Absence of activity under this code does not indicate a market opportunity; it reflects the structural mismatch between surgical procedure coding and how state and local governments structure healthcare procurement.