UNSPSC 85601749: Drainage of transverse colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of transverse 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 0D9L8ZZ

UNSPSC 85601749 Drainage of transverse colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code with a significant mismatch between its nominal clinical scope and the state and local procurement activity currently tagged to it. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not reflect gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures; instead, they encompass occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, disability medical record review and independent medical evaluations, temporary health professional staffing coordination, specialty surgical carve-out benefit program administration, and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these services align with the code's stated description of a specific transverse colon drainage procedure. The issuing bodies span county health systems, municipal pension boards, state transportation departments, county commissioners' offices, and juvenile justice authorities—a broad cross-section of state and local healthcare purchasers—but the work being solicited under this code bears no relationship to endoscopic gastroenterology.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Washington, Arizona, California, and Florida, with additional inquiries from Texas and records suggesting multistate health-system procurement across the West and Southeast. Representative opportunities include the Washington State Department of Transportation soliciting occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry locations due October 9, 2026 (RFP20260825); the City of Phoenix Retirement Office requesting independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations due October 16, 2026 (RTMRFP26001); the City of Long Beach requesting specialty surgical carve-out benefit management due October 7, 2026 (HR26753); and the County of Santa Clara Health System establishing a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories due October 7, 2026 (RFSQHHSFY270052). The code shows no relevant recent activity and does not accurately characterize the work state and local governments are actually buying under it.