UNSPSC 85573441: Drainage of right lung, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right lung, 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 0B9K0ZZ

UNSPSC 85573441 Drainage of right lung, open approach is a Commodity code representing a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged with this code do not reflect surgical drainage services. Instead, the code appears to have been misapplied to health services and pharmacy management contracts that fall outside the scope of thoracic surgical procedures. The Muscogee County Prison inmate medical and pharmacy services RFP (due May 15, 2026) encompasses comprehensive correctional healthcare including medical intake, chronic care, emergency referrals, and pharmacy dispensing; the Collier County Pharmacy Benefit Management Services RFP (due April 9, 2026) solicits PBM administration covering formulary development and claims processing for approximately 2,400 county employees and 4,800 covered members; and the Monroe County virtual primary and urgent care services RFP (due April 16, 2026) seeks a telehealth platform provider for 2,300 county members. A fourth opportunity—San Mateo County's Mental Health Services Act peer support pilot (due July 2, 2025)—and a fifth—Santa Monica Fire Department medical director recruitment (due October 16, 2025)—are similarly unrelated to thoracic surgical procedures. The code shows little relevant recent activity for its nominal scope of surgical drainage services.

The issuing bodies span county health systems (Collier and Monroe counties), county corrections (Muscogee County), county behavioral health (San Mateo County), and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica), but none are soliciting surgical services. Georgia, Florida, and California account for the geographic activity in the source material. Given the systematic mismatch between the code designation and the actual procurement content, this Commodity code does not represent a viable opportunity category for firms pursuing state and local surgical or medical device contracts.