UNSPSC 85572346: Destruction of right middle lobe bronchus, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of right middle 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 0B553ZZ

UNSPSC 85572346 Destruction of right middle lobe bronchus, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code. The code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure—does not match the work actually being solicited, which spans occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-outs for employee health plans, and emergency medical services for detained youth. These solicitations are unrelated to bronchial destruction procedures. The code shows little relevant recent activity tied to its stated clinical scope.

The six recent opportunities posted under this code reflect general healthcare procurement by state departments, counties, and municipal jurisdictions—the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, the City of Long Beach's surgical benefit program for employee health plans, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department's emergency and specialty medical services, Collier County's pharmacy benefit management administration, and the County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary ancillary clinical staffing. The mismatch between the code's procedural specificity and the breadth of healthcare services being solicited suggests either a taxonomy classification error or an overly narrow code assignment by the issuing jurisdictions.