UNSPSC 85571238: Occlusion of right lower lobe bronchus via natural or artificial opening intraluminal device, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of right lower lobe bronchus via natural or artificial opening intraluminal device, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic. 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 0BL68DZ

UNSPSC 85571238 Occlusion of right lower lobe bronchus via natural or artificial opening intraluminal device, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its medical-device nomenclature and the state and local opportunities currently posted under it. The recent solicitations tagged to this code procure occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit administration, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, youth detention healthcare, and emergency/specialty medical services for public entities — none of which involve bronchial occlusion devices or endoscopic procedures. The code appears to be a medical taxonomy artifact that state and local procurement systems have applied inconsistently or in error to general health services contracting; the scope of work actually being solicited bears no substantive connection to the device-specific code definition.

The issuing bodies are geographically dispersed and span multiple jurisdictional types: the City of Phoenix, Washington State Department of Transportation (on behalf of Washington State Ferries), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, the City of Long Beach, and the County of Santa Clara Health System. Recent opportunities include an RFP from the City of Phoenix Retirement Office for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026) with maximum compensation of $750,000 over five years; an RFP from the Washington State Department of Transportation for occupational medical surveillance services covering 14 ferry system locations statewide (due October 9, 2026, pre-bid conference August 31, 2026); and an RFP from the County of Santa Clara Health System for temporary ancillary health professional staffing across 13 clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). Because the code's nominal scope does not match the work being procured, this code carries minimal strategic value for vendors pursuing state and local opportunities — the mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding at the point of solicitation or a categorical taxonomy that has drifted from operational procurement practice.