UNSPSC 85572180: Release right upper lobe bronchus, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release right upper lobe bronchus, percutaneous 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 0BN43ZZ

UNSPSC 85572180 Release right upper lobe bronchus, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The five most recent opportunities posted under this code span inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county correctional facility, pharmacy benefit management for a county health consortium, virtual primary and urgent care services for a county employee health plan, peer support services for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical director services — none of which align with the code's clinical procedure descriptor.

The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (a specific pulmonary intervention procedure) and the actual solicitations posted under it signals that this code is either misapplied in state and local procurement systems or carries a different operational meaning in practice. State and local issuers across Georgia, Florida, and California have tagged health care service contracts — spanning correctional medicine, pharmacy administration, virtual care delivery, behavioral health support, and emergency medical direction — with this procedure code, suggesting either systematic miscoding or use of the code as a catch-all for healthcare contracting. No representative procurement opportunities in the recent block are actionable under the code as nominally defined. Business development professionals should verify the code's applicability to their service lines before pursuing opportunities tagged with this Commodity code.