UNSPSC 85601124: Dilation of ileocecal valve via natural or artificial opening intraluminal device, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to dilation of ileocecal valve via natural or artificial opening intraluminal device, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic. 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 0D7C8DZ

UNSPSC 85601124 Dilation of ileocecal valve via natural or artificial opening intraluminal device, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code with minimal alignment to recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical intervention performed through endoscopic access to treat ileocecal-valve obstruction or dysfunction; however, the recent opportunities tagged under this code do not reflect procurement of that procedure or related medical devices. Instead, recent solicitations cover occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, disability medical record review, and surgical Centers of Excellence network management — none of which involve gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures or ileocecal-valve treatment. This mismatch suggests either a coding error in the tagging or use of the code as a catchall for medical services beyond its intended scope.

The issuing bodies across these opportunities span state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems and procurement offices (Santa Clara County Health System, Collier County, Harris County), and municipal retirement boards and city employee-benefits functions (City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach). Geographic spread includes Washington, California, Arizona, Florida, and Texas. The code shows no clear pattern of repeat buyers or sector concentration, and the nominal scope of the code itself bears no substantive relationship to the work actually being solicited. A business development professional pursuing this code should treat it as unreliable for procurement forecasting under its stated medical procedure definition and instead examine whether the actual work streams (occupational health services, PBM, medical staffing, disability evaluation) map to alternative, more precise UNSPSC classifications better suited to bid-response strategy.