UNSPSC 85761816: Revision of synthetic substitute in left pleural cavity, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of synthetic substitute in left pleural cavity, 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 0WWB0JZ

UNSPSC 85761816 Revision of synthetic substitute in left pleural cavity, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no alignment with actual state and local procurement activity in the recent opportunities record. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure—replacement of synthetic material in the pleural cavity via open surgical approach—yet the six recent solicitations tagged under this code encompass occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, pharmacy benefit management administration, independent disability medical evaluations for public safety retirees, surgical benefits carve-out programs for municipal employees, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories. None of these solicitations procure the implantable device or surgical procedure the code name specifies. This appears to be a systematic tagging error; the code does not reflect what state and local governments are actually buying under this classification.

The recent opportunities do reveal active procurement across multiple issuing bodies—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, the City of Long Beach, the 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—spanning Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. Activity includes RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs with response dates ranging from September 2026 through April 2027. However, these solicitations are fundamentally healthcare services and benefits administration, not medical device procurement or surgical procedures. Until the UNSPSC classification is corrected to align with the actual goods or services being solicited, this code cannot reliably guide business development targeting or opportunity assessment.