UNSPSC 85732311: Excision of left kidney, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of left kidney, via natural or artificial opening. 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 0TB17ZZ

UNSPSC 85732311 Excision of left kidney, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work actually being solicited by state and local governments under this designation. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span independent medical evaluation services, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical care carve-out programs, and youth detention medical services — none of which involve kidney excision or surgical procedures performed on patients. The mismatch between the code's clinical procedure name and the operational scope of recent solicitations suggests that either the code assignment is incorrect or the procurement bodies are using the code to capture health system administrative and staffing services rather than specific surgical interventions. State and local governments appear to be using this code label as a catch-all for health benefit administration, medical evaluation coordination, and clinical workforce management rather than for the procedure itself.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Texas (Harris County), Florida (Collier County), and Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries), with issuing bodies spanning city retirement offices, county health systems, transit authorities, and county probation departments. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, response due October 16, 2026, $750,000 maximum over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services (RFP20260825, response due October 9, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFQ for temporary health professional staffing services (RFSQHHSFY270052, response due October 7, 2026). Given the pronounced disconnect between the code's nominal scope and the actual procurement activity recorded, this code warrants caution in business development planning and should be cross-referenced against UNSPSC family and class codes covering health system administration and clinical staffing to identify the correct taxonomy alignment.