UNSPSC 85572012: Drainage of right middle lobe bronchus with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right middle 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 0B9500Z

UNSPSC 85572012 Drainage of right middle lobe bronchus with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that does not match the work actually being solicited in recent state and local contract opportunities. The code nominally describes a specific surgical drainage procedure, but the opportunities tagged under it span occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and emergency medical services for youth in custody — none of which align with the procedural scope implied by the code name. This mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the source data or a fundamental misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy and the work state and local bodies are actually purchasing under this code.

The most recent opportunities in the dataset originate from Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical record review and independent medical examinations), the City of Long Beach (surgical center-of-excellence networks), Collier County (pharmacy benefit management covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth), and Santa Clara County Health System (temporary health professional staffing for ancillary clinical roles). The issuing bodies span state departments, cities, counties, and county health systems. No clear pattern of repeated buyers emerges across the opportunities, and the geographic spread extends across California, Arizona, Washington, Florida, and Texas. Without opportunities genuinely aligned to the code's procedural scope, this code shows little relevant recent activity for medical device or surgical drainage service procurement.