UNSPSC 85764518: Insertion of radioactive element into oral cavity and throat, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to insertion of radioactive element into oral cavity and throat, 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 0WH331Z

UNSPSC 85764518 Insertion of radioactive element into oral cavity and throat, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code do not reflect the code's nominal scope of radiotherapy or nuclear medicine procedures. Instead, they span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for government employees, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations involve insertion of radioactive elements, brachytherapy, or percutaneous radiotherapy procedures. The mismatch between the code's clinical definition and the actual work being procured suggests either systematic miscoding in the state and local systems that posted these opportunities or a fundamental disconnect between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how these jurisdictions classify healthcare services work.

Recent opportunities originate across diverse issuing bodies—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), the Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California)—with no clear geographic concentration. The most concrete examples are the Phoenix Fire and Police Pension Boards' RFP for independent medical evaluation services (response due October 16, 2026, $750,000 over five years), the Long Beach Anthem PPO surgical carve-out RFP (response due October 7, 2026, evaluation through March 2027), and WSDOT's occupational medical surveillance RFP (response due October 9, 2026, with a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026). Given the persistent disconnect between code nomenclature and actual procured services, business development professionals should verify coding directly with issuing bodies before pursuing opportunities under this code.