UNSPSC 85572208: Occlusion of left upper lobe bronchus with intraluminal device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of left upper lobe bronchus with intraluminal device, 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 0BL83DZ

UNSPSC 85572208 Occlusion of left upper lobe bronchus with intraluminal device, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with state and local government procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure — bronchus occlusion via percutaneous intraluminal device — yet recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code do not procure that service or anything clinically comparable to it. The opportunities instead involve independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out administration, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, emergency youth detention healthcare, and temporary clinical staffing placements. These are health services administration and staffing functions, not procedural medical devices or interventions. The mismatch suggests the code assignment in state and local procurement databases does not reflect actual procurement scope under this UNSPSC number.

The recent opportunities span multiple issuing bodies across different states and service lines with no cohesive pattern tied to the code's nominal scope. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona) is seeking independent medical evaluation services for public safety pension disability applications; the City of Long Beach (California) is requesting surgical benefit carve-out program management; the Washington State Department of Transportation is procuring occupational medical surveillance across ferry system locations; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas) is conducting an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth; Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida) is issuing an RFP for pharmacy benefit management; and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California) is establishing a qualified vendor pool for temporary ancillary clinical staffing. This fragmentation across unrelated health services functions, combined with the absence of any procurement tied to the code's stated procedural focus, indicates that UNSPSC 85572208 carries minimal decision relevance for firms pursuing state and local medical device or surgical service contracts.