UNSPSC 85542314: Removal of drainage device from lymphatic, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from lymphatic, 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 07PN40Z

UNSPSC 85542314 Removal of drainage device from lymphatic, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but state and local procurement activity tagged under this code does not align with that scope. Recent opportunities posted under the code—including independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, youth detention emergency medical services, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—are healthcare administration, staffing, and benefits management services, not drainage-device removal procedures or surgical supplies. The mismatch suggests that either the code has been misapplied to these opportunities or that the tagging reflects a broader family-level classification that does not match the Commodity-code scope.

No state and local procurement activity directly relevant to removal of drainage devices from lymphatic systems, percutaneous endoscopic approach, has appeared in recent posted solicitations. Entities issuing healthcare-related opportunities—including the City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County, and Santa Clara County Health System—are buying administrative health services and staffing rather than medical devices or surgical supplies. Pursuit of this code should be deferred pending clarification of why these opportunities are tagged under it or until genuine device-procurement activity emerges.