UNSPSC 85571403: Excision of lingula bronchus, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of lingula 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 0BB98ZZ

UNSPSC 85571403 Excision of lingula bronchus, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code whose title describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little substantive alignment with that scope. The six opportunities 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 transportation workers, emergency and specialty medical care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing services. None of these solicitations involve the named procedure or endoscopic surgery. The issuing bodies are municipal retirement offices (City of Phoenix), cities (Long Beach, Seattle via Washington State Department of Transportation), counties (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), and regional health systems. The geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with activity concentrated in large municipal and county health administration rather than surgical service delivery.

The mismatch between the code's surgical nomenclature and the medical administration and staffing work actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding by state and local procurement offices or a data alignment issue within the UNSPSC dataset itself. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP (RTMRFP26001) for independent medical evaluation services with a five-year maximum contract value of $750,000 and proposals due October 16, 2026; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP (RFP20260825) for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations with proposals due October 9, 2026 and a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive staffing qualification vehicle (RFSQHHSFY270052) for temporary ancillary health professionals across 13 categories, proposals due October 7, 2026. The code shows recent activity but carries limited relevance for firms positioned to deliver surgical procedures or endoscopic services.