UNSPSC 85612133: Removal of radioactive element from hepatobiliary duct, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of radioactive element from hepatobiliary 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 0FPB71Z

UNSPSC 85612133, "Removal of radioactive element from hepatobiliary duct, via natural or artificial opening," is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code—independent medical evaluation services, surgical benefit management, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—bear no connection to the code's nominal scope of radiological intervention for biliary obstruction. State and local procurement systems occasionally misapply UNSPSC codes to healthcare and medical services broadly; this code appears to be one such mismatch. Business development professionals evaluating activity under this Commodity code should monitor whether state and local bodies begin to solicit actual interventional radiology or radioactive element removal services, which are not reflected in current opportunity postings.

The issuing bodies across the recent opportunities span county health systems (Santa Clara County Health System, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County), municipal governments (City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach), and state transportation authorities (Washington State Department of Transportation). However, none of these solicitations target the radiological or interventional biliary procedure services that the code nominally describes, limiting the code's practical value for market assessment or pursuit decisions at this time.