UNSPSC 85601735: Excision of descending colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision 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 0DBM8ZZ

UNSPSC 85601735 Excision of descending colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that appears in state and local procurement records primarily as a medical services code, though the recent opportunities tagged under it do not reflect colorectal surgical procedures. Instead, the opportunities show state and local issuing bodies purchasing occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, specialty surgical benefit networks, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which align with the code's nominal scope of endoscopic colon resection. The code shows little relevant recent activity for the surgical procedure it nominally describes; the mismatch suggests either miscoding in state procurement systems or use of this code as a catch-all medical services category without precision to the specific procedure named.

The recent tagged opportunities span Arizona (City of Phoenix Retirement Office seeking independent medical evaluation services for disability determinations), California (City of Long Beach requesting surgical benefit carve-out management; County of Santa Clara Health System establishing a temporary health professional staffing pool), Florida (Collier County seeking pharmacy benefit management), Texas (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issuing an RFI for specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth), and Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation seeking occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers). The City of Phoenix opportunity (RTMRFP26001, RFP due October 16, 2026) for comprehensive disability medical record summary and independent medical examination scheduling represents the most concrete match to medical evaluation work, though it remains distinct from surgical intervention. Given the code's narrow surgical definition and the absence of recent colorectal or endoscopic procedure solicitations among state and local buyers, this code does not signal active procurement opportunity in its stated scope.