UNSPSC 85573008: Drainage of left lung via natural or artificial opening drainage device, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left lung via natural or artificial opening drainage device, 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 0B9L70Z

UNSPSC 85573008 Drainage of left lung via natural or artificial opening drainage device, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal medical-device scope and the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it. The recent opportunities record little activity directly related to the code's stated definition; instead, the posted opportunities span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health-professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs for public-sector employee health plans. The mismatch suggests either broad misclassification in the source data or use of this code as a catch-all within procurement systems managing public health and medical services more broadly. None of the six recent opportunities posted between July and September 2026 involve drainage devices or thoracic procedures.

The issuing bodies include a state transportation department (Washington State Department of Transportation), multiple county-level health and human-services agencies (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Santa Clara County Health System, Collier County), a regional transit authority (Washington State Ferries), and city-level procurement offices (Phoenix Retirement Office, Long Beach). Geographic spread spans Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation soliciting occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry terminals (proposals due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office requesting independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations on behalf of pension boards (due October 16, 2026 at $750,000 over five years), and the County of Santa Clara Health System establishing a qualified vendor pool for temporary ancillary health-professional staffing including audiology, radiology, therapy, and surgical services (due October 7, 2026). This code does not reflect coherent procurement activity in its stated scope and warrants reclassification review or filtering against more specific medical-device or procedure-related codes before pursuit decisions are made.