UNSPSC 85601805: Destruction of transverse colon, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction 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 0D5L8ZZ

UNSPSC 85601805 Destruction of transverse colon via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under this code show minimal alignment with the nominal scope. The opportunities instead reflect healthcare administration, staffing, and benefits management services—medical record review, disability examinations, occupational surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, surgical care coordination, and temporary clinical staffing. State and local buying under this code tag does not center on the endoscopic colon procedure itself; rather, it addresses upstream administrative, diagnostic, and care-management functions that support public-sector healthcare systems and employee benefit programs. Issuing bodies include city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal employee benefit programs (Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county health systems (Santa Clara), county probation departments (Harris County), and county benefits consortiums (Collier County).

Recent activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. The Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational medical surveillance RFP (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026) seeks baseline and periodic physician examinations across 14 ferry locations under occupational medicine licensing; the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's independent medical evaluation RFP (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) covers disability medical record summarization and psychiatric examination scheduling for approximately 75 annual public safety pension benefit applications over a five-year term valued at $750,000 maximum. The City of Long Beach's surgical benefits carve-out RFP (HR26753, due October 7, 2026) requests Centers of Excellence networks managing orthopedic, spine, cardiac, and oncology procedures for approximately 3,800 enrolled employees and retirees. The County of Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing RFP (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026) establishes a five-year qualified vendor pool across audiology, cardiology, radiology, gastroenterology, and surgical services. Collier County's pharmacy benefit management RFP (258414) covers claims processing, formulary management, and specialty drug administration for 2,400 enrolled employees and 4,800 covered members, with historical annual pharmacy spending of $8.7 million.