UNSPSC 85593163: Bypass stomach to ileum, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass stomach to ileum, open 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 0D160ZB

UNSPSC 85593163 Bypass stomach to ileum, open approach is a Commodity code that does not align with actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged under this surgical procedure code involve inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support programs, and fire department medical direction—none of which involve gastric bypass surgery or any surgical procedures. The code shows a fundamental mismatch between its nominal scope and the work state and local governments are actually buying under it in the marketplace.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code are geographically dispersed counties and municipalities: Columbus Consolidated Government (Muscogee County, Georgia), Collier County (Florida), Monroe County (Florida), San Mateo County (California), and the City of Santa Monica (California). The opportunities span correctional health services, employee health benefit administration, and emergency medical services oversight rather than surgical procurement. With no recent opportunities reflecting the code's surgical designation and no evidence of repeat buyers or concentrated geographic activity in a particular state, this code warrants close attention to correct classification in future solicitations or to verify whether state and local procurement offices are using it erroneously to tag healthcare services that fall under different UNSPSC codes.