UNSPSC 85572862: Removal of monitoring device from pleura, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of monitoring device from pleura, 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 0BPQ72Z

UNSPSC 85572862 Removal of monitoring device from pleura, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code whose nominal scope describes a surgical procedure, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code bears no meaningful alignment to pleural device removal. Instead, the recent solicitations tagged to this code span independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, pharmacy benefit management, surgical procedure carve-out networks for municipal employee health plans, specialty medical services for youth in detention, and temporary health professional staffing. The issuing bodies include state transportation departments, county human resources and juvenile justice divisions, county health systems, and municipal retirement offices. None of these opportunities involve pleural device removal or pleural procedures of any kind, indicating either a data-tagging error in the state and local procurement system or a systematic misalignment between the code's clinical definition and its actual procurement use.

The recent opportunities cluster geographically in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with the most clearly defined and largest-scope solicitations coming from the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry locations, RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) and the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical evaluations for public safety pension boards, RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026, maximum contract value $750,000 over five years). No opportunities in this block directly match the code's stated commodity scope, and prospective bidders should treat this code as currently misapplied in state and local procurement systems rather than as an active market for pleural device removal services.