UNSPSC 85601629: Supplement transverse colon via natural or artificial opening nonautologous tissue substitute, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to supplement transverse colon via natural or artificial opening nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 0DUL8KZ

UNSPSC 85601629 Supplement transverse colon via natural or artificial opening nonautologous tissue substitute, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local procurement opportunities posted under it. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure for colon supplementation, but the six recent opportunities solicited under this code span occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs for health plans, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which relate to the gastrointestinal surgical procedure the code name specifies. This mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or that the code has been repurposed in a state and local procurement taxonomy in a way that diverges substantially from its clinical definition.

The active opportunities span Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with issuing bodies including city retirement boards, county health systems and procurement offices, state transportation departments, county juvenile probation agencies, and regional health consortia. The Phoenix City Retirement Office sought independent medical evaluation services (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) for approximately 75 annual disability benefit applications over a five-year, $750,000 term; the Long Beach City administrative procurement office requested surgical benefit carve-out proposals (RFP HR26753, due October 7, 2026) for Centers of Excellence networks covering roughly 3,800 plan members; the Washington State Department of Transportation pursued occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations (RFP RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) with physician-supervised examinations; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth (RFI 071626BNM, due September 25, 2026); Collier County Board of County Commissioners sought pharmacy benefit management services (RFP 25-8414) supporting approximately 2,400 employees with historical annual spending of $8.7 million; and Santa Clara Health System established a qualified vendor pool for temporary ancillary clinical staffing (RFQ RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) across 13 health professional categories excluding nursing and physicians. Given the complete disconnect between the code's nominal scope and the work being solicited, this category presents no decision-relevant procurement opportunity for firms in gastrointestinal surgical device or service provision.