UNSPSC 85601613: Restriction of ascending colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to restriction of ascending colon, 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 0DVK8ZZ

UNSPSC 85601613 Restriction of ascending colon via natural or artificial opening endoscopic, a Commodity code, does not align with recent state and local procurement activity under this classification. The code nominally describes a specific gastroenterological medical procedure, yet the most recent opportunities tagged to it span independent medical evaluation services, occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefits carve-outs, and emergency medical services for youth in detention. None of these solicitations involve endoscopic procedures or direct delivery of the clinical service the code names. The mismatch between the code's procedural scope and the actual work being purchased suggests either tagging error in the state and local opportunities database or that this code is not actively used by state and local procurement bodies for meaningful contract activity.

The scattered recent opportunities themselves—drawn from the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), City of Long Beach (California), Washington State Department of Transportation, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and County of Santa Clara Health System (California)—span states with no common procurement pattern and involve administrative health services, staffing, and benefits management rather than the procedure the code describes. No clear repeat buyer, geographic concentration, or representative opportunity directly tied to the code's nominal scope is evident. Absent evidence that state and local governments are actively soliciting endoscopic procedure services under this code, pursuit is not warranted.