UNSPSC 85572842: Repair right lower lung lobe, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair right lower lung lobe, via natural or artificial opening. 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 0BQF7ZZ

UNSPSC 85572842 Repair right lower lung lobe, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local contract opportunities in the posted record. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure; however, the most recent opportunities posted under this code are procurement vehicles for occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out administration, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty medical services for youth in custody, and surgical center-of-excellence networks—none of which represent the repair of a lower lung lobe or procurement of that specific procedure.

The geographic distribution of posted opportunities spans Washington State (occupational medical surveillance for Washington State Ferries), Arizona (Phoenix Retirement Office pension disability evaluations), California (City of Long Beach surgical benefits network, County of Santa Clara temporary health professional staffing), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation medical services inquiry), and Florida (Collier County pharmacy benefit management). The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited suggests either inconsistent code assignment by posting jurisdictions or that the code is not currently in active use for direct procurement of the procedure it names. Prospective vendors should verify code applicability with issuing bodies before pursuing opportunities tagged under this code.