UNSPSC 85764226: Extirpation of matter from oral cavity and throat, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from oral cavity and throat, 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 0WC30ZZ

UNSPSC 85764226 Extirpation of matter from oral cavity and throat, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's clinical descriptor—surgical removal of matter from the oral cavity and throat—does not match the scope of opportunities posted under this code over the past three months. Instead, the tagged solicitations span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal health plans, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve oral or throat surgery or extraction procedures. The mismatch suggests either a tagging error in the source data or that this code is not actively used by state and local procurement offices for relevant work.

No state and local contracts matching the code's actual scope—oral and throat surgery services—appear in the recent opportunities block. The geographic distribution of the misaligned solicitations spans Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida, but these records provide no signal about demand for the surgical work the code purports to cover. Absent recent opportunities that reflect the code's nominal clinical scope, this code does not present a pursuit opportunity at this time.