UNSPSC 85892954: Low dose rate (ldr) brachytherapy of liver using cesium 137 (cs-137)

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a radiation therapy intervention or procedure of low dose rate (ldr) brachytherapy of liver using cesium 137 (cs-137). 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 DF10B7Z

UNSPSC 85892954 Low dose rate (ldr) brachytherapy of liver using cesium 137 (cs-137) is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specialized oncology procedure — hepatic brachytherapy using cesium-137 — but the single recent opportunity posted under this code (Santa Clara County Health System's RFSQHHSFY270052, posted July 7, 2026 with response due October 7, 2026) is a non-exclusive, multiple-award qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories including audiology, radiology, gastroenterology, respiratory care, sterile processing, and therapy services. The Health System explicitly excludes nursing, physician, and other non-clinical staffing from the solicitation. This mismatch between the code's procedural scope and the actual work being solicited suggests either miscoding on the issuer's part or that the code is not tracking meaningful state and local procurement volume in this service category.

No additional recent opportunities under this code appear in the source data. A business development professional pursuing this code should verify whether state and local procurement offices are using it as an active classification for actual brachytherapy services or whether the activity documented here represents an outlier or coding error. Without visibility into whether health systems and other state or local buyers regularly solicit cesium-137 brachytherapy services through traditional RFP, RFQ, or IFB notices, or whether this work is instead contracted through standing vendor relationships or cooperative purchasing frameworks, the code's practical value for business development planning remains unclear.