UNSPSC 85601660: Repair descending colon, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair descending colon, via natural or artificial opening. 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 0DQM7ZZ

UNSPSC 85601660 Repair descending colon, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work actually being solicited by state and local governments under this tag. The recent opportunities posted show no procurement activity related to colorectal repair procedures or endoscopic intervention; instead, the code appears to have been applied to unrelated health services including occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical procedure carve-out networks, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention medical services. These solicitations span occupational health screening, benefits administration, clinical staffing, and emergency medical care — none of which align with the code's nominal scope of descending colon repair. The code shows little relevant recent activity.

The geographic spread of these miscategorized opportunities spans Arizona (Phoenix Retirement Office), California (Long Beach, Santa Clara County), Washington State (Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County), indicating that the coding error is not concentrated in a single jurisdiction or region. Without genuine opportunities under this code's intended scope to examine, issuing-body patterns and representative procurement signals cannot be reliably characterized. State and local procurement professionals should verify code assignment when evaluating opportunities tagged to this Commodity code.