UNSPSC 85611420: Release common bile duct, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to release common bile duct, via natural or artificial opening. 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 0FN97ZZ

UNSPSC 85611420 Release common bile duct, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code. The recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show no alignment with the code's nominal clinical scope — the solicitations address inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for mental health workers, and fire department medical direction, none of which involve biliary tract procedures. The code appears to contain a data tagging error or classification mismatch. State and local health authorities and correctional agencies are actively procuring comprehensive healthcare services through RFPs, but those opportunities are not properly categorized under this surgical code and do not reflect the work the code purports to describe.

No recent state and local opportunities under UNSPSC 85611420 actually solicit release of the common bile duct or related biliary procedures. The solicitations posted under this code cover entirely different healthcare domains — institutional pharmacy management, employee health benefits administration, mental health peer support, and EMS medical oversight — indicating that the code either receives sporadic miscategorization or does not represent a material procurement category for state and local government. Business development professionals evaluating this code should treat the recent activity as noise and examine higher-tier health-services codes or facility-specific clinical-services codes if pursuing correctional, county health plan, or municipal EMS contracting opportunities.