UNSPSC 85761860: Removal of synthetic substitute from right pleural cavity, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of synthetic substitute from right 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 0WP90JZ

UNSPSC 85761860 Removal of synthetic substitute from right pleural cavity, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope describes a specific surgical procedure for pleural cavity treatment; however, the six recent opportunities tagged under this code solicit independent medical evaluation services, occupational medical surveillance, surgical benefit carve-out programs, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, emergency medical services for detained youth, and specialty medical services. None of these opportunities involve removal of pleural synthetic substitutes or related thoracic surgical procedures. The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the breadth of health services administration and staffing being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or use of this code as a catch-all for diverse healthcare contracting that falls outside the standard taxonomy structure.

The recent activity spans multiple issuing-body types across four states: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona) solicited independent medical evaluation services in an RFP due October 16, 2026; the City of Long Beach (California) posted a surgical benefit carve-out RFP due October 7, 2026; the Washington State Department of Transportation posted an RFP for occupational medical surveillance due October 9, 2026; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas) issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services due September 25, 2026; Collier County (Florida) solicited pharmacy benefit management services; and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California) sought temporary health professional staffing qualifications due October 7, 2026. Because the code shows no recent procurement of the actual service named in its descriptor, this code should not be targeted for pursuit of relevant health services work; the actual buying appears distributed across other UNSPSC categories not reflected in this code's recent history.