UNSPSC 85811920: Introduction of local anesthetic into ear, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a administrative intervention or procedure to introduction of local anesthetic into ear, via natural or artificial opening. This administrative 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 3E0B7BZ

UNSPSC 85811920, Introduction of local anesthetic into ear via natural or artificial opening, is a Commodity code that shows minimal recent activity aligned with its literal scope. State and local government procurement under this code does not reflect the clinical procedure named in the taxonomy; instead, the recent opportunities tagged to it span diverse health services including virtual urgent care, medical directors for emergency services, cancer registry operations, occupational health screening, behavioral health programming, and inmate medical care. The mismatch between the code's narrow clinical definition and the breadth of health services actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or use of this code as a catch-all for miscellaneous medical and health administration services. Issuing bodies include county health systems and departments (Inland Empire Health Plan in California, DeKalb County Georgia, Nevada Health Authority, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County), municipal fire and emergency services (Boulder County Sheriff's Office, Sarasota County Fire, City of Phoenix), state agencies (Texas HHSC, Colorado Department of Human Services, Illinois Secretary of State), school districts (Parkway School District Missouri), and specialized authorities such as Ventura County Behavioral Health and Rockland County Department of Mental Health. This represents a broad cross-section of state and local procurement but with no concentration in any single jurisdiction or issuing-body type.

Geographic activity spans California (Inland Empire Health Plan RFI for virtual urgent care due October 31, 2026; San Mateo County cancer registry and retinal screening services through November 2026; Santa Clara County travel nurse and health professional staffing pools through October and January 2027), Georgia (DeKalb County medical services RFP due November 12, 2026; Cobb County occupational health services RFP due October 22, 2026; Forsyth County occupational health services due September 24, 2026), Colorado (nursing home placement beds RFP due September 10, 2026), Nevada (PACE program operations RFP due December 10, 2026; Rural Value Acceleration Network vendor RFP due November 30, 2026), Florida (Sarasota County fire EMS medical director RFP due October 19, 2026; City of Ocala employee health clinic RFP due April 20, 2026), New York (Rockland County Naloxone vending and Naloxbox initiative RFP due September 10, 2026), Texas (HHSC occupational health and radiology reads across multiple facilities; Jackson County jail health services RFP due September 8, 2026), Arizona (City of Phoenix independent medical evaluation and cancer screening RFPs due October 16 and February 2, 2026), Colorado (youth crisis stabilization RFP due September 10, 2026), and smaller states including New Mexico, Kansas, and Oregon. The code shows activity across most U.S. regions with no standout concentration but with notably frequent procurement in California, Colorado, Texas, and the broader Southwest and West.