UNSPSC 85672562: Drainage of left thorax bursa and ligament with drainage device, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left thorax bursa and ligament 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 0M9G00Z

UNSPSC 85672562 Drainage of left thorax bursa and ligament with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure, whereas the recent opportunities posted under this code reflect health benefit administration, occupational medical services, pharmacy management, and clinical staffing—none of which involve the thoracic drainage procedure the code nominates. State and local procurement offices are tagging health-related administrative and operational contracts to this code despite the substantial mismatch between the code's clinical-procedure scope and the work actually being solicited. This suggests either a classification error in the underlying procurement system or an attempt to route health-sector opportunities to a medical-procedure taxonomy that does not functionally describe them.

Recent activity shows health systems, county human resources divisions, and municipal retirement offices issuing RFPs and RFQs for occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluation coordination, surgical benefit carve-out networks, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing, and emergency services for detained youth. The Washington State Department of Transportation (on behalf of Washington State Ferries) issued an RFP due October 9, 2026 for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations; the City of Phoenix Retirement Office issued an RFP due October 16, 2026 for disability medical evaluation services capped at $750,000 over five years; the City of Long Beach issued an RFP due October 7, 2026 for surgical procedure carve-out networks covering orthopedic, spine, cardiac, and oncology services; and Collier County issued an RFP for pharmacy benefit management with approximately $8.7 million in historical annual spend. The County of Santa Clara Health System opened a non-exclusive qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing (RFQ due October 7, 2026), and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for hospital-based emergency and specialty services for detained youth. Activity is concentrated in Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with issuing bodies spanning state departments, county human resources and health systems, municipal retirement offices, and special-purpose districts. The code's nominal scope bears no operational relationship to these solicitations and should not be relied upon as a signal of procurement opportunity in surgical drainage or thoracic procedures.