UNSPSC 85571402: Excision of left lower lobe bronchus, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of left lower lobe bronchus, 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 0BBB7ZZ

UNSPSC 85571402 Excision of left lower lobe bronchus, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code nominally describing a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code do not reflect surgical bronchus excision work. Instead, the opportunities show a mismatch: the code appears in records for occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention medical services — none of which align with the code's stated procedure scope. The code shows little relevant recent activity for the work its name describes.

Recent opportunities under this code span Washington State (occupational medical surveillance through the Washington State Department of Transportation for ferry system employees across 14 locations), Arizona (disability medical record review and independent medical evaluations through the City of Phoenix Retirement Office for public safety pension benefit determinations), California (temporary ancillary health professional staffing through the County of Santa Clara Health System, and surgical procedure carve-outs through the City of Long Beach), Florida (pharmacy benefit management through Collier County), and Texas (specialty and emergency medical services through Harris County Juvenile Probation Department). The issuing bodies include state transportation departments, county health systems and probation departments, city retirement and human resources offices, and county boards of commissioners. No single category of work or issuing body emerges as a repeat pattern under this code. Given the procedural specificity of the code name and the absence of any recent opportunities soliciting bronchus excision surgery or related thoracic surgical services, this code does not represent a current market opportunity for firms pursuing state and local contracts in its nominal specialty.