UNSPSC 85593255: Removal of radioactive element from esophagus, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of radioactive element from esophagus, 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 0DP531Z

UNSPSC 85593255 Removal of radioactive element from esophagus, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows a substantial mismatch between its nominal scope and actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not involve radioactive-element removal or esophageal procedures; instead, they span independent medical evaluation services, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgery benefit carve-outs for government employee health plans, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. The code appears to have been applied incorrectly to health-benefits and occupational-health solicitations that fall outside its clinical nomenclature. State and local issuers include city retirement offices (City of Phoenix), municipal human resources departments (City of Long Beach), county departments of transportation (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile probation departments (Harris County), county health systems (County of Santa Clara), and county procurement offices managing employee health benefits (Collier County). These issuing bodies are soliciting primarily administrative and delivery-focused health services rather than the specific procedural intervention the code nominally describes.

The geographic spread across recent activity includes Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services for disability determinations ($750,000 maximum over five years, proposals due October 16, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry locations with proposals due October 9, 2026, and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive qualified-vendor-pool RFP for temporary ancillary health professional staffing (audiology, cardiology, imaging, orthopedic, operating room, therapy, and other categories, proposals due October 7, 2026). The code exhibits low relevance to actual procurement intent, and pursuing opportunities tagged to it requires careful verification of what is actually being solicited rather than reliance on the code's clinical descriptor.