UNSPSC 85601841: Bypass transverse colon to cutaneous, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass transverse colon to cutaneous, 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 0D1L8Z4

UNSPSC 85601841 Bypass transverse colon to cutaneous, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful alignment between its nominal scope — a specific gastrointestinal surgical procedure — and recent state and local procurement activity posted under it. The six recent opportunities tagged to this code solicit independent medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs, occupational health surveillance, youth detention medical services, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. None of these solicitations concern gastrointestinal bypass procedures or endoscopic interventions. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in the source data or that this code has been applied as a catch-all placeholder for medical services procurement without regard to its actual procedure-specific definition.

The issuing bodies span diverse state and local entities: city retirement offices (Phoenix), municipal human resources departments (Long Beach), state transportation agencies (Washington State Department of Transportation), county juvenile justice systems (Harris County), county health commissioners (Collier County), and county health systems (Santa Clara). Geographic activity includes Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with no indication of concentration in any single region. Because the opportunities are functionally unrelated to the code's nominal scope, this code does not present a usable category for pursuing medical device, surgical supply, or procedure-specific contracts in state and local procurement.