UNSPSC 85601741: Drainage of sigmoid colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of 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 0D9N8ZZ

UNSPSC 85601741 Drainage of sigmoid colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual work state and local governments are buying under this classification. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability benefit medical evaluations, surgical procedure carve-out networks, pharmacy benefit management, emergency and specialty medical services for youth in custody, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which involve sigmoid colon drainage or gastrointestinal endoscopy. The issuing bodies include state departments of transportation, county health systems and probation departments, city retirement offices, and municipal procurement divisions. This mix spans transit authorities, county and municipal human resources and healthcare functions, and juvenile justice operations.

The code shows activity across Washington, Arizona, California, and Florida in recent months, with examples including the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation services RFP (due October 16, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing qualification pool (due October 7, 2026). The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual procurement content suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a classification error in how these opportunities were tagged to this UNSPSC designation. Vendors evaluating this code should verify the actual scope of work in any solicitation before pursuing, as the code itself does not reliably predict the services being solicited.