UNSPSC 85611438: Excision of ampulla of vater, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of ampulla of vater, 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 0FBC7ZZ

UNSPSC 85611438 Excision of ampulla of vater, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local procurement activity, bears no meaningful relationship to the work actually being solicited under it. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for disability retirement determinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty surgical center-of-excellence carve-out programs, and emergency medical services for youth in detention. None of these services involve the excision of the ampulla of vater or any surgical procedure matching the code's description. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by the issuing bodies or a data classification error in the source material. State and local procurement offices using this code do not appear to be buying the work the Commodity code nominally describes.

The recent opportunities do reflect genuine state and local health-benefits and occupational-health contracting across multiple jurisdictions—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (medical record summarization for disability determinations), the City of Long Beach (surgical procedure carve-outs), Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (specialty medical services), Collier County (pharmacy benefit management), and Santa Clara County Health System (temporary health professional staffing)—with response dates ranging from September through October 2026. However, because the code itself does not align with the solicited work, this code does not represent a coherent procurement category for business development targeting.