UNSPSC 85601864: Bypass ascending colon to sigmoid 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 ascending colon to sigmoid 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 0D1K8KN

UNSPSC 85601864 Bypass ascending colon to sigmoid colon via natural or artificial opening nonautologous tissue substitute, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope describes a specific surgical procedure using tissue substitutes, but recent opportunities posted under this code do not involve colorectal or gastrointestinal surgical devices or services. Instead, the solicitations tagged to this code cover occupational health surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty medical services for detained youth, and emergency inpatient care—none of which involve the bypass procedure or tissue substitute materials the code name specifies. This represents a systematic mismatch between the code's technical definition and what issuing bodies are actually purchasing.

The recent opportunities originate from state departments, counties, and municipal entities across multiple states including Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington, reflecting typical state and local health system and benefits administration activity rather than surgical supply procurement. Representative opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026) covering disability benefit medical record summarization and physician examinations; the Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance services covering baseline and periodic examinations across 14 ferry terminal and vessel locations (due October 9, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System RFQ for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical specialties (due October 7, 2026). The code shows little relevant recent activity for the surgical procedure or medical device categories a business development team would expect from the UNSPSC taxonomy designation.