UNSPSC 85601705: Occlusion of descending colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of descending 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 0DLM8ZZ

UNSPSC 85601705 Occlusion of descending colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific gastroenterological procedure performed on the descending colon, yet recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, surgical procedure carve-outs for health plans, pharmacy benefit management, emergency medical services for detained youth, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which involve endoscopic colonic procedures. This mismatch suggests either a cataloging error in the state and local systems generating these opportunities or that the code is being applied to a broader family of medical services procurement rather than to the specific procedure the code name denotes.

The recent opportunities originating under this code come from diverse issuing bodies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical evaluations for public safety pension determinations), the City of Long Beach (surgical procedure carve-outs), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (occupational medical surveillance), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (pharmacy benefit management), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary health professional staffing). Activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, with no identifiable concentration in any single jurisdiction or state. Because the recent opportunities show no substantive connection to endoscopic descending colon occlusion as a line of business, this code warrants caution; pursuit should be contingent on verifying whether your firm's service capability aligns with the actual scope state and local buyers intend when they tag solicitations to this code number.