UNSPSC 85573853: Excision of right lower lung lobe, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of right lower lung lobe, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0BBF4ZZ

UNSPSC 85573853 Excision of right lower lung lobe, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code tagged to medical procedure-related opportunities, but the recent state and local contract activity does not align with surgical lung procedures. The source shows no solicitations for the specific procedural service named in the code. Instead, the tagged opportunities cover independent medical evaluations for disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefit programs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance services, emergency and specialty healthcare services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing for ancillary clinical roles. These services involve medical administration, clinical staffing, and benefit plan management rather than pulmonary surgical procedures. The code appears to have been assigned incorrectly to opportunities whose actual scope falls under health services administration, employee benefits management, and clinical staffing families rather than surgical procedures.

The issuing bodies posting under this code include city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal procurement on behalf of employee health plans (Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington), county health systems (Santa Clara, Harris County, Collier County), and county human resources divisions. No recent opportunities target surgical lung procedures or the specific procedural intervention the code describes. Given the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited, this code does not represent a viable procurement avenue for firms pursuing state and local surgical services or pulmonary procedure contracts.