UNSPSC 85594843: Dilation of ileum, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to dilation of ileum, 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 0D7B7ZZ

UNSPSC 85594843 Dilation of ileum, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the six recent opportunities posted under this code—spanning independent medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, youth detention healthcare, and temporary health professional staffing—do not involve ileal dilation or related gastroenterological procedures. The opportunities instead cover broad medical administration, staffing, and benefits management functions unrelated to the procedural scope the code's name suggests. State and local procurement systems occasionally misapply procedure-specific UNSPSC codes to administrative healthcare contracts, creating a mismatch between the code's definition and actual buying activity.

The geographic spread of the six posted opportunities spans Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas, with issuing bodies including city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal health systems (Long Beach, Santa Clara County), state transportation departments (Washington), county juvenile probation (Harris County), and county human resources divisions (Collier County). No vendor should assume this code signals relevant procurement volume in surgical procedures, implantology, or related device or supply categories. If your firm pursues healthcare-related state and local opportunities, monitor code assignments in RFPs directly rather than relying on this code's nominal scope to identify gastroenterological procurement activity.