UNSPSC 85573450: Drainage of right lower lung lobe with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right lower lung lobe with drainage device, 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 0B9F00Z

UNSPSC 85573450 Drainage of right lower lung lobe with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code bear no relationship to the medical procedure named. The opportunities instead reflect general health services procurement — disability medical evaluations, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty medical procedure carve-outs, and emergency medical services for detainees. This mismatch indicates the code has been applied inconsistently by posting jurisdictions and does not reflect a coherent procurement category in actual state and local practice.

Geographic activity under this code appears scattered across the Southwest and West Coast, with solicitations from Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County). The issuing bodies span city retirement systems, county health systems and procurement offices, state transportation departments, and regional health authorities. Representative recent opportunities include Phoenix's RFP for independent medical evaluation services for public safety pension disability determinations (due October 16, 2026), WSDOT's RFP for occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers across 14 Washington locations (due October 9, 2026), and Santa Clara County Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award vehicle for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). The code shows limited relevance to the specific surgical procedure its name suggests and should not be pursued based on its nominal scope.