UNSPSC 85571259: Occlusion of trachea, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of trachea, via natural or artificial opening. 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 0BL17ZZ

UNSPSC 85571259 Occlusion of trachea, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that exhibits a significant mismatch between its nominal medical taxonomy label and the actual scope of recent state and local solicitations posted under it. The code appears in procurement notices for occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure networks, and emergency medical services for youth in custody — none of which align with the code's literal name. State and local procurement offices are tagging diverse healthcare administration, benefit management, and clinical staffing work under this code, suggesting either systematic miscoding in the source systems or a fundamental misalignment between the code's clinical definition and its actual procurement use at the state and local level. The issuing bodies span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), counties (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), and a regional health system.

Recent opportunities posted under this code originate across multiple states and regions: Washington (occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, RFP 20260825, due October 9, 2026), Arizona (disability medical evaluation for public safety pension boards, RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026), California (surgical benefit carve-out for City of Long Beach employees, HR26753, due October 7, 2026; temporary health professional staffing with Santa Clara County Health System, RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026), Florida (pharmacy benefit management for Collier County, RFP 25-8414, due April 9, 2026), and Texas (emergency medical services for Harris County juvenile detention, RFI 071626BNM, due September 25, 2026). The code shows no coherent procurement activity in any single commodity or service line; instead, it functions as a catch-all for health-related state and local contract opportunities. Vendors pursuing work under this code should treat each posted opportunity independently, verify the actual scope against the formal RFP or RFI, and disregard the code's ostensible clinical definition in favor of the documented procurement need.