UNSPSC 85572843: Repair right middle lung lobe, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair right middle lung lobe, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic. 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 0BQD8ZZ

UNSPSC 85572843 Repair right middle lung lobe, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code with a significant mismatch between its nominal scope and the work state and local governments are actually buying under it. Recent state and local opportunities posted against this code do not involve pulmonary surgery or endoscopic procedures; instead, they center on occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for disability retirement determinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical procedure carve-out programs for employee benefits, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its stated clinical procedure. The issuing bodies in the sample span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), counties (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), and cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), covering a mix of personnel services, benefit administration, and health system procurement rather than surgical procedures.

Among the six opportunities posted under this code between July and September 2026, only the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) and the City of Phoenix's independent medical evaluation services RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) involve direct medical examination and evaluation work. The WSDOT solicitation seeks baseline and periodic occupational health examinations across 14 Washington ferry locations performed by physicians board-certified in occupational medicine, with a two-year contract term plus optional extensions; the Phoenix Retirement Office RFP seeks disability medical record review and examination coordination services for approximately 75 annual public safety pension applications under a five-year term not exceeding $750,000. The remaining opportunities—Collier County's pharmacy benefit management RFP ($8.7 million historical annual spend), Long Beach's surgical procedure carve-out program for employee benefits (targeting April 2027 go-live), Harris County Juvenile Probation's RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, and Santa Clara County's temporary health professional staffing qualification vehicle—are substantially disconnected from the code's nominal respiratory surgical scope. State and local procurement professionals should treat this code's recent activity as noise rather than signal for pulmonary surgery contracting.