UNSPSC 85601367: Bypass cecum to descending colon with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass cecum to descending colon with synthetic substitute, 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 0D1H0JM

UNSPSC 85601367 Bypass cecum to descending colon with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code that nominally describes a surgical procedure, but the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code show little or no relevance to gastrointestinal bypass surgery. The six opportunities identified in the most-recent block include independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations (City of Phoenix), surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees (City of Long Beach), occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers (Washington State Department of Transportation), emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (Harris County), pharmacy benefit management (Collier County), and temporary health professional staffing (Santa Clara County Health System). None of these solicitations involve colorectal surgical procedures or medical devices used in such procedures. The coding appears to represent a systematic mismatch between the UNSPSC taxonomy label and the work actually being procured by state and local bodies under this designation.

State and local procurement activity under this code does not align with the code's surgical procedure definition. Buyers using this code span county health systems, municipal employee benefits offices, state transportation departments, juvenile probation departments, and large county government entities across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. Without traceable activity in gastrointestinal surgical devices or bypass-procedure-related contracting, this code presents minimal opportunity for vendors in the colorectal surgery device or implant space. The mismatch signals either a data entry error in source classifications or systematic miscoding that obscures genuine procurement demand in this category.