UNSPSC 85601844: Bypass transverse colon to descending colon via natural or artificial opening nonautologous tissue substitute, 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 descending colon via natural or artificial opening nonautologous 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 0D1L8KM

UNSPSC 85601844, a Commodity code nominally describing a specific surgical procedure (bypass transverse colon to descending colon via natural or artificial opening nonautologous tissue substitute, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic), does not align with the state and local procurement activity currently tagged under it. The recent opportunities under this code involve occupational and disability medical surveillance, medical record summarization for pension benefit determinations, surgical benefit carve-out administration for employee health plans, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and youth detention healthcare services—none of which are gastrointestinal surgical procedures. The mismatch suggests either a data classification error in the originating procurement system or a broad misapplication of the UNSPSC code to general medical services procurement.

Activity is geographically dispersed across Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Florida (Collier County, Harris County Texas), and Washington State (Washington Department of Transportation). The issuing bodies include city retirement offices, cities, counties, state transportation departments, county health systems, and county juvenile probation departments. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026) covering disability benefit medical record summarization and physician examination scheduling; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026); the City of Long Beach's RFP for surgical benefit carve-out administration for its Anthem PPO plan (HR26753, due October 7, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's RFSQ for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). The code shows no meaningful recent procurement of the surgical procedure named in its abstract title.