UNSPSC 85601110: Drainage of appendix via natural or artificial opening drainage device, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of appendix via natural or artificial opening drainage device, 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 0D9J70Z

UNSPSC 85601110 Drainage of appendix via natural or artificial opening drainage device, 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—including independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefits for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—bear no connection to appendix drainage procedures or the procedural medical devices the code nominally describes. The mismatch suggests either miscoding by issuing bodies or a fundamental disconnect between the UNSPSC category taxonomy and actual state and local health service procurement in this space.

State and local governments procuring medical services and health benefits administration use broader health-service codes rather than procedure-specific commodity codes. Firms evaluating this code should treat it as inactive for state and local business development purposes and monitor higher-tier family or class codes under medical services instead, as the commodity-level specificity does not align with how jurisdictions currently structure health procurement notices.