UNSPSC 85601743: Drainage of sigmoid colon, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of sigmoid 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 0D9N7ZZ

UNSPSC 85601743 Drainage of sigmoid colon, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that does not align with the state and local contract opportunities posted against it. The code nominally describes a clinical procedure, but recent state and local solicitations tagged to this code cover occupational medical surveillance, independent disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out programs, temporary health professional staffing, and specialty medical services for detained youth — none of which involve sigmoid drainage or related gastroenterological procedures. This mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement databases or use of the code as a catch-all placeholder for health services procurement outside its clinical scope.

The issuing bodies across recent opportunities span state health agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation's ferry system occupational health program), county governments (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, County of Santa Clara Health System), and cities (City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach). Geographic activity concentrates in Washington, Arizona, Florida, California, and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance solicitation (RFP20260825, proposals due October 9, 2026), the City of Phoenix's independent medical evaluation services RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026 at $750,000 over five years), and the City of Long Beach's surgical carve-out benefit program RFP (HR26753, due October 7, 2026). Because the code's nominal clinical scope bears no relation to the actual work being solicited, vendors pursuing health services contracts with state and local buyers should verify the correct code assignment before committing resources to opportunities tagged under this taxonomy entry.