UNSPSC 85573043: Destruction of left lower lung lobe, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of left lower 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 0B5J8ZZ

UNSPSC 85573043 (Destruction of left lower lung lobe, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic) is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work state and local governments are actually soliciting under this classification. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span independent medical evaluation services for pension-system disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty care for youth in custody, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. These solicitations are administrative healthcare services, benefits management, and workforce staffing—none involve lung surgery or any surgical procedure. The code's nominal scope (a specific thoracic surgical intervention) does not align with what state and local jurisdictions are purchasing.

The issuing bodies posting under this code include city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal human resources departments (Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris County), county commissioners (Collier County), and county juvenile justice departments. Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas, with opportunities ranging from RFPs for managed healthcare services due in October 2026 to an RFI for youth detention medical services due September 2026. The mismatch between the code's surgical specification and the administrative, staffing, and benefits-management services actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or that this code is being used as a catch-all for healthcare-related services without meaningful correlation to its intended commodity definition. Firms should investigate whether their target jurisdiction's procurement office is using this code correctly before pursuing opportunities tagged to it.