UNSPSC 85612038: Excision of left hepatic duct, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of left hepatic 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 0FB67ZZ

UNSPSC 85612038 Excision of left hepatic duct, via natural or artificial opening (Commodity) shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope as a surgical procedure code. The six recent opportunities posted under this code—spanning independent medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, surgical benefit carve-outs, youth detention healthcare services, and temporary health professional staffing—are administrative, managed-care, or staffing services rather than procurement of a specific surgical intervention or related medical devices.

The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the opportunities actually tagged to it suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a gap between UNSPSC taxonomy and how state and local procurement offices classify healthcare administration and staffing contracts. No actionable recent opportunities exist under this code for vendors offering products or services directly tied to hepatic duct excision procedures, and pursuing these opportunities would require repositioning as a healthcare staffing, benefits administration, or occupational health services vendor rather than a surgical or procedural specialist.