UNSPSC 85761853: Removal of drainage device from mediastinum, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from mediastinum, 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 0WPC00Z

UNSPSC 85761853 Removal of drainage device from mediastinum, open approach is a Commodity code that shows limited alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure — removal of a mediastinal drainage device via open surgical approach — yet the recent opportunities posted under this classification do not involve surgical procedures of this type. Instead, state and local issuing bodies are soliciting medical evaluation services, occupational surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, health professional staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs. The mismatch between the code's narrow clinical descriptor and the broad health services work being purchased suggests either miscoding in the opportunities or a systematic problem with how this code is being applied in state and local procurement systems. None of the six opportunities in the source block involves mediastinal surgery, drainage-device removal, or procedure-specific clinical work matching the code name.

The opportunities that carry this code span multiple issuing bodies — the City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach, Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and County of Santa Clara Health System — and cover geographic distribution across Arizona, California, Florida, Washington, and Texas. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026) supporting disability determinations for public safety personnel, the Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations statewide (due October 9, 2026), and the Collier County RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members (initial deadline April 9, 2026, now closed). The code shows no meaningful recent activity that aligns with its stated clinical scope, making pursuit decisions dependent on clarification with individual issuing bodies about whether the code assignment reflects actual need or represents a classification error.