UNSPSC 85802513: Change mouth and pharynx packing material

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a placement intervention or procedure to change mouth and pharynx packing material. This placement 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 2Y00X5Z

UNSPSC 85802513 Change mouth and pharynx packing material (Commodity) appears in state and local procurement databases but shows minimal actual acquisition activity directly aligned with the code's nominal scope. Of the 44 recent opportunities tagged in the source, only one procurement—the Illinois Department of Public Health's emergency Hantavirus laboratory testing service—touches laboratory or clinical testing work, though it does not involve oral or pharyngeal packing materials. The remaining solicitations span occupational health screenings, drug testing, clinical laboratory services, PBM administration, histology, wastewater analysis, medical waste handling, and staffing for medically complex students—none of which fall within the scope of mouth and pharynx packing supplies or materials. This code does not reflect current state and local buying patterns in the provided dataset.

The divergence between the code's specification and the work actually being procured suggests either a cataloging mismatch or a dormant commodity line. State and local buyers soliciting clinical laboratory testing, occupational medicine, and emergency response services (the dominant themes in recent opportunities) do not appear to be acquiring oral or pharyngeal packing material through this code. If your firm manufactures or distributes such supplies to hospitals, surgical centers, or emergency response teams, monitor this code's future activity; the source data does not support an active procurement opportunity under this code at this time.