UNSPSC 85573602: Extraction of right pleura, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extraction of right pleura, percutaneous 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 0BDN3ZZ

UNSPSC 85573602 Extraction of right pleura, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code with a narrow nominal scope that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains six recent solicitations tagged to this code, but none involve pleural extraction procedures or percutaneous surgical interventions. Instead, the opportunities span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. The code appears to have been applied incorrectly to these health services procurement activities, which fall outside the orthopedic and surgical procedure domain implied by the code's name. State and local governments are not soliciting pleural extraction services under this code in the records provided.

Given the mismatch between the code's surgical procedure scope and the actual work being bought—which involves medical administration, staffing, benefit design, and care coordination rather than specific surgical procedures—this code shows little relevant recent activity for vendors pursuing pleural extraction services or similar surgical interventions at the state and local level. The issuers span state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), counties (Harris County, Collier County, Santa Clara County), cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), and a regional health system, but their focus on non-surgical health services administration and staffing suggests that buyers are not currently using this code to procure pleural procedures or related surgical services. Business development professionals should verify whether this code is the appropriate taxonomy match for surgical services opportunities or consider whether state and local procurement taxonomy in this segment requires clarification from issuing bodies.