UNSPSC 85573011: Drainage of right lung, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right lung, 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 0B9K7ZZ

UNSPSC 85573011 Drainage of right lung, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that shows minimal relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a clinical drainage procedure, but the recent opportunities posted under this code do not align with that specific scope. Instead, the tagged solicitations span occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and youth detention healthcare services—none of which involve the drainage procedure the code nominally describes. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or use of this code as a catch-all for healthcare services procurement without precision-level taxonomy matching.

The recent opportunities come from diverse issuing bodies—a state transportation agency (Washington State Department of Transportation), county agencies (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Santa Clara County Health System), and municipalities (City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach)—across Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. Representative recent solicitations include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (due October 16, 2026 at $750,000 over five years), Collier County's pharmacy benefit management RFP (originally due April 9, 2026, with estimated historical annual spending of $8.7 million), and Santa Clara County Health System's temporary health professional staffing qualification vehicle (due October 7, 2026). Given the systematic divergence between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement, this code warrants verification against the issuing body's intended classification before prioritizing pursuit.