UNSPSC 85601821: Bypass descending colon to rectum, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass descending colon to rectum, 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 0D1M8ZP

UNSPSC 85601821 Bypass descending colon to rectum, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that describes a specific medical procedure; however, the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code do not reflect procurement of the procedure itself. Instead, the opportunities posted under this code span medical evaluation services, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical benefit administration, occupational health surveillance, and youth detention healthcare services — none of which align with the code's nominal scope of an endoscopic gastroenterological procedure. The mismatch suggests that either the code has been misapplied to these solicitations or that state and local procurement offices are using it as a catch-all for healthcare service categories broadly. The issuing bodies include city pension and retirement offices, county governments, county health systems, state departments of transportation, and a county juvenile probation department. No single issuing body appears more than once in the recent activity.

The geographic spread includes Arizona (Phoenix), California (Long Beach and Santa Clara County), Washington State (Washington State Department of Transportation ferries), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services with a response date of October 16, 2026 and a five-year contract ceiling of $750,000; the Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance services with proposals due October 9, 2026 and a two-year initial term with optional extensions; and the County of Santa Clara Health System solicitation for temporary health professional staffing services across multiple ancillary clinical categories with proposals due October 7, 2026. Given the consistent mismatch between the code's name and the work actually being solicited, this code shows little relevant recent activity for firms pursuing traditional healthcare procedure procurement.