UNSPSC 85601831: Bypass descending colon to descending colon via natural or artificial opening synthetic substitute, 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 descending colon via natural or artificial opening synthetic substitute, 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 0D1M8JM

UNSPSC 85601831, Bypass descending colon to descending colon via natural or artificial opening synthetic substitute, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic (Commodity), does not map to the work actually being solicited by state and local governments in recent postings. The recent opportunities tagged under this code span occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical carve-out networks, and youth detention healthcare—none of which involve synthetic bypass procedures or endoscopic interventions. The code appears to be a medical device or clinical procedure classification that state and local procurement offices are applying to health services and benefits-administration work for which it is not semantically appropriate. This mismatch signals that the code shows little relevant recent activity for vendors pursuing state and local opportunities in procedural medicine or related device supply.

The six postings captured under this code reflect instead workforce augmentation, care coordination, and benefits management: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for disability medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026), the City of Long Beach's surgical carve-out proposal (due October 7, 2026), the Washington State Department of Transportation's occupational health surveillance contract for ferry workers (due October 9, 2026), Harris County Juvenile Probation's RFI for emergency and specialty care in detention (due September 25, 2026), Collier County's pharmacy benefit management RFP (due April 9, 2026, now closed), and Santa Clara Health System's temporary health professional staffing pool (due October 7, 2026). The issuing bodies are primarily county-level purchasing on behalf of health departments, retirement offices, and county health systems, with one state transportation agency. No geographic concentration is evident—activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas. The code's nominal scope and the actual procurement activity are sufficiently misaligned that this classification does not serve as a useful signal for tracking state and local opportunities in procedural medicine or synthetic medical devices.