UNSPSC 85541944: Removal of drainage device from thoracic duct, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from thoracic duct, percutaneous endoscopic 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 07PK40Z

UNSPSC 85541944, Removal of drainage device from thoracic duct, percutaneous endoscopic approach, is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code—ranging from independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit carve-outs, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—involve administrative healthcare management, occupational health programs, and staffing coordination rather than thoracic surgical procedures or drainage-device removal. None of the solicitations reference thoracic intervention, drainage-device management, endoscopic approaches, or the clinical procedure the code nominally describes. The mismatch suggests these opportunities are miscoded in the state and local procurement system or the code is used as a catch-all for diverse healthcare contracting that does not align with its intended scope.

The issuing bodies span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries), county governments (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), and municipalities (City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach), with activity concentrated in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Given the complete absence of actual thoracic surgical procurement under this code's nominal definition and the prevalence of administrative and staffing services instead, pursuit of opportunities tagged 85541944 should be conditional on confirming with the issuing body that the code assignment is intentional rather than administrative error.