UNSPSC 85572967: Excision of left upper lung lobe, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of left upper 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 0BBG8ZZ

UNSPSC 85572967 Excision of left upper lung lobe, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities in the source show no direct alignment with this code's nominal medical-procedure scope. Instead, the opportunities reflect a broader pattern of state and local government procurement of occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluation, employee health benefits administration, and temporary clinical staffing — none of which involve lung surgery or surgical procedures performed on beneficiaries or employees. The sourced opportunities span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, occupational medical examinations for transportation workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out benefit programs for municipal health plans, and temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, state transportation departments, county health systems, county juvenile probation departments, and county human resources divisions, reflecting a mix of administrative health contracting rather than direct procedure delivery.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), and Florida (Collier County), with no dominant concentration. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years) focused on disability benefit determinations for public safety personnel, the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) covering baseline and periodic examinations across 14 ferry system locations, and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive temporary health professional staffing qualification vehicle (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) establishing a vendor pool across ancillary clinical categories. The code shows little relevant recent procurement activity aligned with its surgical-procedure classification; state and local governments are buying health services administration, occupational surveillance, and staffing rather than surgical procedures coded to this commodity.