UNSPSC 85601335: Excision of appendix, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of appendix, open 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 0DBJ0ZZ

UNSPSC 85601335 Excision of appendix, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The five recent opportunities tagged under this code involve inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support services for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction—none of which represent surgical procedures or inpatient acute-care services as the code name suggests. The mismatch indicates either tagging error in the source data or a fundamental disconnect between how this code is applied and what it is intended to classify.

The geographic and issuing-body spread of the tagged opportunities spans Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), Georgia (Columbus Consolidated Government), California (San Mateo County), and California municipalities (Santa Monica Fire Department), with issuing bodies ranging from county boards of commissioners and health departments to municipal fire departments. Without recent opportunities that actually solicit surgical services or inpatient hospital procedures, no meaningful characterization of market concentration, contractor demand, or procurement momentum under this code is supported by the source.