UNSPSC 85533349: Dilation of portal vein with intraluminal device, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to dilation of portal vein with intraluminal device, 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 06783DZ

UNSPSC 85533349, Dilation of portal vein with intraluminal device, percutaneous approach, is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity in the source material. The code describes a specific medical procedure—vascular intervention on the portal vein using an intraluminal device—but the recent solicitations tagged under it reflect general occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluation for pension disability determinations, and specialty surgical centers of excellence networks. None of the six recent opportunities involve portal vein dilation or the procedural intervention the code nominally describes. The disconnect suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies, application of a clinical procedure code to administrative healthcare contracting, or data-quality issues in how the code was assigned to these opportunities.

State and local governments show no recent purchasing activity under this code for the specific procedural service it names. Absent evidence of actual procurement demand for portal vein dilation services by state departments, counties, cities, school districts, or transit authorities, this code warrants watching rather than immediate pursuit. The recent opportunities—chiefly from Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach and Santa Clara County), Washington State (Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County)—reflect health plan administration, occupational health programs, and staffing coordination, not interventional vascular procedures.