UNSPSC 85571423: Drainage 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 drainage 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 0B9B7ZZ

UNSPSC 85571423 Drainage of left lower lobe bronchus, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code with minimal alignment to recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific clinical procedure — drainage of a left lower lobe bronchus through natural or artificial opening — yet the most recent state and local opportunities posted under this code address occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-outs for employee health plans, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical services for detained youth. These solicitations span administration of employee and retiree health benefits, occupational safety compliance examinations, and detention facility healthcare delivery — none of which involve the drainage procedure named in the code itself.

The recent opportunities span Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluations, due October 16, 2026), California (City of Long Beach RFP for surgery benefit management, due October 7, 2026; County of Santa Clara Health System RFQ for temporary health professional staffing, due October 7, 2026; Collier County Board of County Commissioners RFP for pharmacy benefit management services, effective January 1, 2026), Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance services, due October 9, 2026), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, due September 25, 2026). The issuing bodies include state transportation departments, county health systems, county commissioners' offices, city retirement boards, and juvenile probation departments. The code shows no genuine commodity-level medical procedure procurement; the tagging appears to reflect administrative miscoding rather than actual buying activity.