UNSPSC 85613338: Bypass pancreas to small intestine, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass pancreas to small intestine, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0F1G4ZB

UNSPSC 85613338 Bypass pancreas to small intestine, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's scope nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, yet the most-recent state and local opportunities posted under this code do not involve surgical interventions or procedure-specific medical services at all. Instead, the recent solicitations tagged to this code cover occupational medical surveillance, independent medical disability evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit carve-out program administration, and youth detention healthcare services — none of which involve pancreatic bypass procedures or related surgical technology. The mismatch suggests the code has been misapplied to health-system administrative, occupational health, and staffing services outside the scope of the procedural code's intended meaning.

State and local governments rarely procure specific surgical procedures through RFP or RFQ mechanisms; the code's nominal scope is operative only in institutional healthcare settings where procedures are performed as part of patient care, not as a standalone contracting commodity. The recent opportunities demonstrate that state and local procurement activity recorded under this code reflects administrative healthcare services, occupational health programs, and clinical staffing management — functions that belong to different UNSPSC families entirely. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for procurement purposes and verify the correct commodity or service codes when pursuing opportunities in occupational medicine, disability benefits administration, PBM services, or temporary clinical staffing with state and local health systems and pension boards.