UNSPSC 85601834: Bypass descending colon to sigmoid colon via natural or artificial opening autologous tissue 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 sigmoid colon via natural or artificial opening autologous tissue 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 0D1M87N

UNSPSC 85601834 Bypass descending colon to sigmoid colon via natural or artificial opening autologous tissue substitute, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure using autologous tissue—and the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under it. The recent solicitations tagged to this code encompass independent medical evaluation services for disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs through Centers of Excellence, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, specialty healthcare for youth in custody, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these opportunities involve the specific gastrointestinal surgical procedure the code nominally describes; instead, they reflect broader healthcare administration, occupational medicine, and clinical staffing services that procurement offices have elected to tag under this code, likely as a procedural or administrative placeholder rather than for the procedure itself.

The issuing bodies include a municipal retirement office (City of Phoenix), a large city government (City of Long Beach), a state transportation department (Washington State Department of Transportation), a county juvenile probation department (Harris County), a county human resources consortium (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and a county health system (County of Santa Clara). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services with a response deadline of October 16, 2026 and a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services for ferry workers across 14 Washington locations with proposals due October 9, 2026; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories with proposals due October 7, 2026. The code shows no meaningful recent activity related to its stated surgical procedure scope and appears to serve as a miscategorization or administrative catch-all rather than a genuine procurement pathway for that specific intervention.