UNSPSC 85573627: Excision of right middle lung lobe, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right middle lung lobe, 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 0BBD3ZZ

UNSPSC 85573627 Excision of right middle lung lobe, percutaneous approach (Commodity) shows a fundamental mismatch between its nominal scope and current state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local opportunities tagged under it encompass occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out programs, and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve lung lobe excision or percutaneous surgical procedures. The issuing bodies span diverse jurisdictions—city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal employee benefits departments (Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile justice departments (Harris County), county benefits consortiums (Collier County), and regional public health systems (Santa Clara County)—but the work actually being procured falls outside the code's procedure-specific definition.

Recent solicitations indicate this code does not reliably capture surgical procedure procurement at the state and local level. The most recent activity posted in July through September 2026 includes the Washington State Department of Transportation occupational medical surveillance RFP (responses due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix independent medical evaluation services RFP (responses due October 16, 2026), the City of Long Beach surgical benefit carve-out RFP (responses due October 7, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System temporary health professional staffing qualification solicitation (responses due October 7, 2026). Activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. The code appears to carry systematic classification drift in state and local procurement systems, making it unreliable as a targeting mechanism for actual surgical procedure work.