UNSPSC 85592616: Excision of stomach, pylorus, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of stomach, pylorus, via natural or artificial opening. 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 0DB77ZZ

UNSPSC 85592616 Excision of stomach, pylorus, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the six recent state and local opportunities posted under or near this classification are actually soliciting independent medical evaluation services, health plan benefit carve-outs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency medical services for youth in custody, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve gastric surgery or surgical procedures on the stomach. The mismatch between the code's surgical scope and the work state and local governments are actually buying suggests either a tagging error in the source data or that this code does not reflect current state and local procurement activity.

State and local issuing bodies do not appear to be using this code to solicit gastrointestinal surgical services at this time. The recent opportunities span Arizona (Phoenix Fire and Police Pension Boards), California (Long Beach, Santa Clara County), Washington (Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries), and Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), but none involve stomach or pylorus procedures. Business development professionals tracking this code should verify the actual UNSPSC classifications being applied to medical procurement in their target jurisdictions, as the current tagging does not support decision-making about surgical-procedure opportunities.