UNSPSC 85672564: Drainage of right 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 right 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 0M9F00Z

UNSPSC 85672564 Drainage of right thorax bursa and ligament with drainage device, open approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the scope of work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal title describes a surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability benefit medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out benefits for public employee health plans, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical services for detained youth—none of which align with thoracic surgical intervention. This mismatch suggests either a data-entry or classification error in the source opportunities rather than a meaningful market segment for the code as named.

The issuing bodies include a state transportation department (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems and procurement offices (Santa Clara County Health System, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), municipalities (City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach), with geographic spread across Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. No representative recent opportunities exist under this code that align with thoracic surgical drainage services. State and local governments appear to be tagging administrative healthcare and benefits-management work to a surgical procedure code, creating no actionable market signal for vendors pursuing drainage-device or thoracic surgical contracting under this classification.