UNSPSC 85533438: Restriction of hepatic vein with intraluminal device, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to restriction of hepatic vein with intraluminal device, percutaneous endoscopic 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 06V44DZ

UNSPSC 85533438 Restriction of hepatic vein with intraluminal device, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful recent activity aligned with its stated scope. The code describes a specific interventional medical procedure — endoscopic placement of an intraluminal device in the hepatic vein — yet the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code do not solicit hepatic vein procedures or related medical devices. Instead, they reflect a broad range of health and human services procurement entirely unrelated to hepatic interventions: independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for state ferry workers, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary ancillary clinical staffing. This mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the actual procurement activity suggests either a data-coding error in the source system or an instance where state and local procurement offices have applied an inappropriate UNSPSC tag. The code's narrow procedural definition does not align with the administrative, occupational health, or staffing management services being solicited by these jurisdictions.

No state or local opportunities in the recent record solicit hepatic vein procedures, related medical devices, or services directly supporting such procedures. Practitioners should treat this code as inactive for business development purposes unless independent verification confirms that state or local health systems are actually purchasing hepatic vein intervention capability or supplies under this taxonomy code. The cluster of unrelated health services activity suggests that the opportunities may have been miscoded and belong under different UNSPSC families related to occupational medicine, health plan administration, staffing, or emergency medical services.