UNSPSC 85571919: Occlusion of right upper lobe bronchus, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of right upper lobe bronchus, open approach. 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 0BL40ZZ

UNSPSC 85571919 Occlusion of right upper lobe bronchus, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with state and local government purchasing activity. The code describes a specific medical procedure — surgical occlusion of a lung bronchus — rather than a procurable good or service category. Recent state and local opportunities posted under this code reflect a taxonomic mismatch: solicitations tagged to 85571919 include inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve the surgical procedure the code nominally describes.

State and local procurement offices do not purchase individual medical procedures as standalone contract line items. The opportunities appearing under this code are healthcare service contracts issued by county governments (Muscogee County, Georgia; Collier County, Florida; Monroe County, Florida; San Mateo County, California) and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica, California), with scopes spanning managed care administration, clinical service delivery, and medical oversight. The code's presence in these solicitations reflects either data entry error during taxonomy assignment or a structural misalignment between medical procedure codes and the broader service categories under which healthcare contracting actually occurs in state and local procurement. Buyers pursuing healthcare service contracts should verify UNSPSC assignment against the actual scope of work in the RFP rather than relying on this code as a reliable filter.