UNSPSC 85601657: Repair sigmoid colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair sigmoid 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 0DQN8ZZ

UNSPSC 85601657 Repair sigmoid colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent activity among state and local procurement opportunities. The code nominally describes a surgical repair procedure for the sigmoid colon using endoscopic techniques—a clinical medical service with scope and complexity that does not align with the kinds of contracts state and local jurisdictions commonly solicit and award through RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB processes. Recent opportunities tagged under or near this code include medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and occupational medical surveillance—none of which involve endoscopic sigmoid repair procurement, indicating either misclassification in the source data or the code's absence from active state and local contracting.

State and local buying in healthcare administration and occupational medicine is concentrated among county government offices, city retirement boards, state transportation departments, and county health systems, but none of the recent opportunities represent direct procurement of surgical procedures by clinical code. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office (RFP RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) is acquiring independent medical evaluation services; the City of Long Beach (RFP HR26753, due October 7, 2026) is seeking surgical-procedure carve-out benefit administration for its health plan; the Washington State Department of Transportation (RFP RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) is contracting for occupational medical surveillance; and the County of Santa Clara Health System (RFQ RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) is building a qualified vendor pool for temporary ancillary health professional staffing. The mismatch between the code's clinical-procedure nomenclature and state and local procurement patterns suggests this Commodity code does not represent an active procurement channel worth pursuing at this time.