UNSPSC 85573321: Removal of radioactive element from pleura, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of radioactive element from pleura, open approach. 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 0BPQ01Z

UNSPSC 85573321 Removal of radioactive element from pleura, open approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal clinical scope and actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not involve radioactive-element removal or pleural procedures; instead, they capture medical administrative services, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and general acute care procurement. State and local governments are not soliciting surgical or procedural services under this code in any material volume. The issuing bodies posting opportunities tagged with this code span city retirement offices, county health systems, state transportation departments, county probation departments, and municipal benefits administrators across Arizona, California, Washington, and Florida—a geographically dispersed and functionally unrelated set of agencies.

The recent activity suggests this code has been misapplied or serves as a catch-all category that does not map meaningfully to procedure-specific surgical work. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office solicited independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, RFP, due October 16, 2026); the Washington State Department of Transportation solicited occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers across 14 statewide locations (RFP20260825, RFQ, due October 9, 2026); the County of Santa Clara Health System sought temporary ancillary health professional staffing on a non-exclusive qualified-list basis (RFSQHHSFY270052, RFP, due October 7, 2026); and Collier County issued a pharmacy benefit management RFP (258414, RFP, due April 9, 2026, covering approximately $8.7 million in annual pharmacy spend). Pursuing work under this code requires either confirming that opportunities are genuinely procedural in nature when discovered or reconsidering whether it is the appropriate classification for the target accounts.