UNSPSC 85571367: Extirpation of matter from right upper lobe bronchus, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from right upper lobe bronchus, 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 0BC48ZZ

UNSPSC 85571367, Extirpation of matter from right upper lobe bronchus via natural or artificial opening endoscopic, is a Commodity code, but state and local procurement activity tagged under it does not align with its clinical procedural scope. The recent opportunities bear no relationship to the code's stated medical definition—none of the six posted solicitations involve endoscopic bronchial procedures or surgery. Instead, the tagged opportunities span occupational medical surveillance, disability benefit medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefits carve-outs for employee health plans, and emergency medical services for detained youth. This disconnect indicates either a systematic miscoding in the procurement system or that the code is not actively used for state and local purchasing in any meaningful or coherent way.

The issuing bodies across these mislabeled opportunities include a state transportation department (Washington State Department of Transportation), a county juvenile detention authority (Harris County), county health systems and personnel offices (Santa Clara County Health System, Collier County), and municipalities (City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach). Geographic activity spans Washington, Arizona, California, Texas, and Florida, with no concentration in any single jurisdiction. Because the code shows no authentic recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its procedural definition, firms pursuing medical device or surgical services should disregard this code categorization and search under alternate UNSPSC classifications for actual health care procurement opportunities.