UNSPSC 85592818: Removal of feeding device from esophagus, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of feeding device from esophagus, external 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 0DP5XUZ

UNSPSC 85592818 Removal of feeding device from esophagus, external approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local government procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—a specific clinical procedure—does not match the types of services and products state and local jurisdictions are actively soliciting. Recent opportunities tagged to this code reflect instead a broad mix of health benefits administration, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty medical services, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve feeding device removal procedures. The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, city health plan administrators, state transportation agencies, county juvenile probation departments, county health systems, and county board of commissioners offices across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, indicating no geographic concentration and a diverse set of buyer types.

The mismatch between the code's nominal commodity definition and what state and local governments are actually purchasing under it suggests the code sees little relevant recent activity for vendors performing feeding device removal or related esophageal procedures. The six recent opportunities on file—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026), the City of Long Beach RFP for surgery benefit program carve-outs (due October 7, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance (due October 9, 2026), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department's RFI for emergency and specialty medical services (due September 25, 2026), Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management (due April 9, 2026), and Santa Clara County Health System's solicitation for temporary health professional staffing (due October 7, 2026)—all involve administrative health services delivery, benefit program design, or staffing coordination rather than the clinical procedure the code nominally describes. This code does not appear to be a productive pursuit vector for state and local business development at this time.