UNSPSC 85601715: Occlusion of ascending colon, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to occlusion of ascending 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 0DLK7ZZ

UNSPSC 85601715, Occlusion of ascending colon via natural or artificial opening, is a Commodity code showing no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a medical procedure-specific intervention, yet the six recent opportunities tagged under it span occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical center-of-excellence carve-outs, pharmacy benefit management, pediatric detention healthcare, and temporary clinical staffing — none of which involve colonic intervention or relate to the code's stated scope. This mismatch indicates either systematic miscoding across multiple jurisdictions or a fundamental disconnect between the code's technical definition and how state and local procurement offices are using it to classify healthcare contracting.

The issuing bodies in the recent-opportunity set include a state department of transportation (Washington), two county systems (Harris County, Collier County), and two cities (Phoenix, Long Beach), plus a county health system (Santa Clara), drawn from Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington. The opportunities cluster around general health plan administration, occupational health compliance, and staffing rather than surgical procedure management. Because the code itself does not represent the actual scope of work being solicited, business development professionals should verify coding accuracy in any RFP tagged with this UNSPSC before structuring a proposal around colonic-occlusion capability; instead, evaluate each opportunity against its detailed scope language and the issuing body's actual service needs.