UNSPSC 85601717: Fragmentation in sigmoid colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to fragmentation in 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 0DFN8ZZ

UNSPSC 85601717 Fragmentation in sigmoid colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that does not align with state and local procurement activity actually being bought. The recent opportunities posted under this code span inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical director services—none of which involve endoscopic procedures or sigmoid colon treatment. The code appears to have been applied to opportunities in correctional healthcare, municipal health benefits administration, and behavioral health services where the medical taxonomy mismatch suggests either data classification error or opportunistic tagging. State and local issuing bodies—including county governments (Muscogee County, Collier County, Monroe County, and Santa Monica in Florida and Georgia), a county behavioral health authority (San Mateo County), and municipal fire departments—are using this code to solicit healthcare services contracts, but the scope of work being bought bears no operational relationship to the code's nominal definition.

The code shows recent activity across Georgia, Florida, and California. Columbus Consolidated Government's Finance Department Purchasing Division posted RFP 26-0008 on April 15, 2026, for comprehensive inmate medical and pharmacy services at Muscogee County Prison, with proposals due May 15, 2026, at current monthly costs of $95,537.71. Collier County Board of County Commissioners Procurement Services Division issued RFP 25-8414 on April 9, 2026, for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members, with historical annual pharmacy spending around $8.7 million. Monroe County, Florida Board of County Commissioners posted an RFP on March 14, 2026, for virtual primary and urgent care services for approximately 2,300 county members, due April 16, 2026. San Mateo County Health's Behavioral Health and Recovery Services issued RFP 2025-007 for peer support services with total funding of $580,000. The code's recent posting pattern reflects healthcare services contracting across multiple jurisdictions rather than a coherent medical procedure taxonomy, suggesting that procurement offices are not consistently or correctly applying this Commodity code to their actual healthcare solicitations.