UNSPSC 85892227: Low dose rate (ldr) brachytherapy of mouth using palladium 103 (pd-103)

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a radiation therapy intervention or procedure of low dose rate (ldr) brachytherapy of mouth using palladium 103 (pd-103). 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 D914BBZ

UNSPSC 85892227 Low dose rate brachytherapy of mouth using palladium 103, a Commodity code, shows a mismatch between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code's technical name describes a specialized radiation-oncology procedure, yet the single recent opportunity tagged with this code does not involve brachytherapy or oncology services at all. The County of Santa Clara Health System posted an RFQ for temporary health professional staffing services across multiple ancillary clinical categories — Audiology, Cardiology and Vascular, Diagnostic Imaging/Radiology, Gastroenterology, Health Services Assistant, Medical Social Worker, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic, Patient Transporter, Respiratory Care, Sterile Processing, Surgical/Operating Room/Labor and Delivery, and Therapy Services — with an October 7, 2026 response deadline. This staffing pool does not include nursing, physician, or oncology personnel.

The geographic and issuing-body data are limited to a single opportunity from a county health system in California. No evidence supports that this code is actively used for brachytherapy procurement at the state or local level, or that multiple jurisdictions are soliciting under it. Practitioners evaluating this code should treat recent activity as minimal and verify whether state and local buyers are actually procuring low-dose-rate brachytherapy services before investing business development resources — the present record suggests the code may be tagged incorrectly in state and local systems or sees no current material volume in the market segment.