UNSPSC 85594824: Excision of small intestine, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of small intestine, 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 0DB87ZZ

UNSPSC 85594824 "Excision of small intestine, via natural or artificial opening" is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code — independent medical evaluation services for public safety pension disability determinations (City of Phoenix), surgical procedure carve-out benefits for municipal employees (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance for state ferry workers (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (Santa Clara County Health System) — are all healthcare administration, employee benefits, or occupational health services that fall outside the scope of surgical procedures on the small intestine. The code appears to have been misapplied to these opportunities by the issuing bodies or upstream procurement databases.

State and local governments do not directly procure surgical procedures as discrete commodities. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being purchased indicates that either the code was incorrectly assigned during data ingestion or the opportunities were tagged with an inappropriate UNSPSC classification. Vendors pursuing state and local health procurement should verify code assignments in active RFPs and RFQs rather than relying on this code as a sourcing vehicle.