UNSPSC 85622383: Drainage of right thyroid gland lobe with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of right thyroid gland 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 0G9H00Z

UNSPSC 85622383 Drainage of right thyroid gland lobe with drainage device, open approach (Commodity) shows little relevant recent activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure involving thyroid drainage—does not align with the state and local procurement opportunities posted under it. Recent solicitations tagged to this code span independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-out networks, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty hospital care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these opportunities involves thyroid surgery, drainage procedures, or the operative techniques the code nominally describes. The mismatch between the code's clinical taxonomy and the actual work being solicited indicates either classification error at the source or use of the code as a catch-all for health service categories that do not fit cleanly within UNSPSC's medical-procedure structure.

The issuing bodies are diverse municipal and county health systems—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation (on behalf of Washington State Ferries), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and the County of Santa Clara Health System. The geographic distribution spans Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. Because the recent opportunities do not reflect genuine procurement under the thyroid-drainage code, they provide no actionable signal for vendors specializing in surgical procedures or related supplies and do not warrant pursuit based on code alignment.