UNSPSC 85593717: Removal of drainage device from upper intestinal tract, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of drainage device from upper intestinal tract, 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 0DP0X0Z

UNSPSC 85593717 Removal of drainage device from upper intestinal tract, external approach is a Commodity code showing minimal alignment between its nominal medical-procedure scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for public safety disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefits, and emergency youth detention healthcare — none of which involve drainage-device removal or upper gastrointestinal procedures. The issuing bodies include state transportation and health departments, counties (Harris, Collier, Santa Clara), cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), and health systems; none recur across the opportunities, and geographic spread covers Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. The code's use here appears to reflect either broad tagging of health-services opportunities under a mismatched UNSPSC category or administrative classification drift.

Representative recent activity includes the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations with a pre-bid conference on August 31, 2026 and proposals due October 9, 2026; the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services with a $750,000 five-year maximum and proposals due October 16, 2026; and Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management services with an April 9, 2026 deadline and estimated annual spend of approximately $8.7 million. A business development professional evaluating pursuit under this code should treat it as administratively inactive for its stated medical-procedure scope and instead monitor whether actual healthcare-acquisition activity in specific jurisdictions is being properly classified under distinct UNSPSC codes aligned with the work being bought.