UNSPSC 85571972: Excision of right middle lobe bronchus, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right middle 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 0BB50ZZ

UNSPSC 85571972 Excision of right middle lobe bronchus, open approach is a Commodity code nominally representing a surgical procedure, but the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code show little alignment with the code's intended scope. The opportunities instead reflect health care service procurement across multiple delivery modalities — inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer mental health support, and fire department medical direction — none of which map cleanly to a specific thoracic surgical intervention. State and local governments are not actively soliciting this particular surgical procedure as a procurement commodity.

The geographic footprint of recent activity spans Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), Georgia (Columbus Consolidated Government for Muscogee County Prison), California (San Mateo County), and California (Santa Monica Fire Department), with opportunities posted between February and April 2026. Representative solicitations include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP for inmate medical and pharmacy services for approximately 576 offenders (due May 15, 2026), Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members with historical spending near $8.7 million annually (due April 9, 2026), Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for approximately 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026), and Santa Monica Fire Department's RFP for a medical director for EMS oversight (due October 16, 2025). The code shows no clear market signal and appears to be a classification artifact rather than an active procurement category for state and local buyers.