UNSPSC 85572900: Structures of the lungs and pleura, natural or artificial opening-part B

This class includes one or more of 23 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the structures of the lungs and pleura, natural or artificial opening. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 0B.

UNSPSC 85572900 Structures of the lungs and pleura, natural or artificial opening-part B is a Class code with minimal alignment to actual recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope — anatomical lung and pleural structures — does not match the work being solicited under this code designation in the public record. Recent opportunities tagged to this code span medical staffing, pharmacy benefit management, occupational health surveillance, pension disability medical evaluations, and surgical carve-out networks — none of which concern pulmonary or pleural anatomical structures or devices. This mismatch suggests either erroneous code assignment in the source data or a taxonomy calibration issue between state and local procurement systems and the UNSPSC structure itself.

The issuing bodies across these six opportunities include city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal health authorities (Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington), county juvenile justice systems (Harris County), county human resources and health consortiums (Collier County), and county health systems (Santa Clara). Geographic activity is distributed across Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (response due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance services RFP (response due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara's temporary health professional staffing qualification vehicle (response due October 7, 2026). Until the source data or code assignment is corrected, treat this code as inactive for substantive procurement decision-making; the tagged opportunities appear to belong under different UNSPSC classifications entirely.