UNSPSC 85541950: Occlusion of thoracic duct, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of thoracic duct, 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 07LK4ZZ

UNSPSC 85541950 Occlusion of thoracic duct, percutaneous endoscopic approach, is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a clinical procedure — percutaneous endoscopic occlusion of the thoracic duct — yet the six recent opportunities tagged under this code span disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs, occupational medical surveillance, juvenile detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these procurements involve thoracic duct occlusion or endoscopic procedures. The mismatch reflects either miscoding by issuing bodies or a fundamental gap between the code's clinical definition and how state and local procurement systems are applying it in practice.

No relevant recent opportunities exist under this code. The code warrants monitoring to determine whether tagging errors correct, but pursuing work positioned against this Commodity code carries material execution risk — proposals will arrive in procurement systems indexed under a procedure that bears no relationship to the actual scope of work being solicited.