UNSPSC 85512955: Occlusion of hepatic artery, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of hepatic artery, percutaneous 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 04L33ZZ

UNSPSC 85512955 Occlusion of hepatic artery, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code nominally describing a specific percutaneous medical procedure, yet the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little alignment with that clinical scope. The code appears to have been applied broadly to health services solicitations that span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for public safety pension determinations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out benefit programs, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency/specialty medical services for detained youth. None of these activities directly match the code's stated procedure-specific name. State and local issuers using this code include city retirement offices, county health systems, county departments of human services, state transportation authorities, and municipal employees' health plans across Arizona, California, Washington, and Texas. The divergence between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either broad misapplication of the code in state and local procurement systems or that the code has been repurposed in practice to cover a wider family of health services contracting than its name indicates.

Recent representative solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's request for independent medical evaluation services (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) covering disability medical record summaries and physician examinations for approximately 75 annual public safety pension applications at a maximum of $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation's procurement of occupational medical surveillance services for ferry workers across 14 locations (RFP 20260825, due October 9, 2026, with pre-bid August 31, 2026); the City of Long Beach's surgical benefit carve-out program for its Anthem PPO plan covering approximately 3,800 active employees and retirees (RFP HR26753, due October 7, 2026); and Collier County's Pharmacy Benefit Management Services RFP for approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members with historical annual spend near $8.7 million (RFP 25-8414, due April 9, 2026). The geographic spread reflects multiple states with sporadic activity rather than regional concentration. Given the material mismatch between code name and actual scope, pursuit decisions should rest on whether your firm's capabilities align with the broader health services opportunities in the recent queue rather than the stated procedure code.