UNSPSC 85573333: Release left pleura, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release left 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 0BNP0ZZ

UNSPSC 85573333 Release left pleura, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code's medical nomenclature—a surgical procedure name—does not align with the actual work state and local governments are soliciting under this classification. Recent opportunities tagged to this code include inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support worker programs, and fire department medical director contracts. None of these solicitations involve the specific surgical procedure the code nominates. The mismatch suggests either miscoding of opportunities in state and local procurement systems or use of this code as a catch-all for medical services more broadly, which obscures rather than clarifies the actual scope of work being purchased.

The issuing bodies across the recent opportunities span multiple government types—a county correctional facility (Muscogee County Prison via Columbus Consolidated Government), a large Florida county's benefits administration (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), a Florida county health plan (Monroe County), a California county behavioral health agency (San Mateo County), and a municipal fire department (Santa Monica Fire Department). Activity is geographically scattered across Georgia, Florida, and California with no concentration. Given the misalignment between code definition and actual solicitation scope, firms pursuing health services contracts with state and local governments should verify the true UNSPSC coding before relying on this code for market research or filtering.