UNSPSC 85572006: Drainage of left upper lobe bronchus with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left upper lobe bronchus with drainage device, 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 0B9800Z

UNSPSC 85572006 Drainage of left upper lobe bronchus with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six most recent opportunities tagged to this code—independent medical evaluation services for public safety pension boards (City of Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (County of Santa Clara Health System)—are all health plan administration, occupational health screening, or clinical staffing services unrelated to the specific surgical procedure named in the code.

The code's nominal scope—a specific thoracic surgical drainage procedure using an open approach—does not match what state and local procurement offices are actually buying under this code tag. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a data artifact. Firms evaluating this code should verify the underlying opportunities directly through issuing-body procurement portals rather than rely on the UNSPSC classification as a targeting signal.