UNSPSC 85571321: Insertion of endotracheal airway into trachea, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of endotracheal airway into trachea, 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 0BH18EZ

UNSPSC 85571321 Insertion of endotracheal airway into trachea via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six most recent opportunities posted under or tagged to this code span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary ancillary health professional staffing — none of which involve endotracheal intubation procedures or the clinical airway management this code nominally describes. The mismatch between the code's surgical scope and the actual procurement work suggests either miscoding by issuing bodies or use of a medical taxonomy that does not align cleanly with state and local contracting categories.

The geographic and issuing-body spread across recent activity includes Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (Cities of Long Beach and Santa Clara County), Washington State (WSDOT), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County), with solicitation types spanning RFP, RFI, and RFSQ formats and response dates from September through October 2026. None of the opportunities involve physicians performing intubation, airway device placement, or related anesthesia support — the work state and local procurement offices are actually buying under this code does not substantively match its Commodity description. Business development professionals should verify coding with issuing procurement offices before pursuing opportunities tagged to this code.