UNSPSC 85533218: Insertion of infusion device into portal vein, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of infusion device into portal vein, 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 06H833Z

UNSPSC 85533218 Insertion of infusion device into portal vein, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal relevance to recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific invasive clinical procedure — insertion of an infusion device into a portal vein — yet the recent opportunities tagged under it are predominantly administrative healthcare services, staffing, and benefits management contracts with no connection to the procedural scope the code nominally represents.

The six recent opportunities span diverse issuing bodies and geographies with no coherent thread to portal vein infusion procedures: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona) solicited independent medical evaluation services for disability determinations; the City of Long Beach (California) requested proposals for surgical benefits carve-out programs covering knee, hip, orthopedic, shoulder, spine, heart, weight loss, and oncology procedures; the Washington State Department of Transportation solicited occupational medical surveillance services; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas) issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth; Collier County (Florida) requested pharmacy benefit management services; and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California) established a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing. The mismatch between the code's clinical procedure specification and the administrative and staffing scope of actual recent solicitations suggests this code may be misapplied in state and local procurement systems or receives irregular tagging. State and local buyers pursuing this code should verify whether their target opportunities genuinely involve portal vein infusion procedures or whether the code assignment reflects a data quality issue rather than genuine procurement demand.