UNSPSC 85891143: High dose rate (hdr) brachytherapy of brain using other isotope

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a radiation therapy intervention or procedure of high dose rate (hdr) brachytherapy of brain using other isotope. This 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 D0109YZ

UNSPSC 85891143 High dose rate (hdr) brachytherapy of brain using other isotope is a Commodity code showing a mismatch between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The single recent opportunity tagged with this code — Santa Clara County Health System's request for temporary health professional staffing services — involves contract nursing, clinical ancillary staffing (audiology, diagnostic imaging, respiratory care, therapy services, and similar roles), and staffing-vendor qualification, not radiotherapy, isotopes, or brachytherapy equipment or procedures. The Health System is establishing a non-exclusive, multiple-award qualified vendor pool without guaranteed work volume, to be maintained for up to five years and drawn upon as operational staffing needs arise. The opportunity explicitly excludes nursing and physician staffing from this particular RFQ, though it solicits ancillary clinical professionals across 13 named categories.

The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its actual UNSPSC description. Santa Clara County Health System posted the sole recent opportunity (RFSQHHSFY270052, RFQ, response due October 7, 2026) in California. The substantial mismatch between the code's radiotherapy-specific name and the health-professional staffing work actually being solicited suggests either a coding error in the Santa Clara system or an atypical use of this code tier. State and local procurement activity under this Commodity code does not presently reflect brachytherapy services, equipment procurement, or the clinical oncology scope the code nominally describes.