UNSPSC 85613177: Destruction of pancreas, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of pancreas, 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 0F5G3ZZ

UNSPSC 85613177 Destruction of pancreas, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity under state and local procurement. The six most recent opportunities tagged to this code involve independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve pancreatic destruction or percutaneous procedures. The code appears to be a clinical procedure taxonomy entry misaligned with the typical scope of goods and services state and local governments procure through formal solicitation.

The mismatch reflects a broader pattern: state and local buying under medical and healthcare-adjacent codes tends to follow benefit administration, care coordination, and personnel staffing models rather than specific clinical interventions. When these jurisdictions do solicit health services, they contract for program management (pharmacy benefits, medical surveillance, occupational health), provider networks (Centers of Excellence), staffing pools (temporary clinical professionals), or administrative support (disability medical evaluations and record summary) — not for discrete procedures themselves. Activity spreads across Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington (WSDOT), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County), with no state or issuing body appearing more than once in the recent set. Unless your firm specializes in business process outsourcing for healthcare administration or clinical staffing logistics rather than direct medical service delivery, this code warrants a skip.