UNSPSC 85602027: Resection of transverse colon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to resection of transverse colon, open approach. 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 0DTL0ZZ

UNSPSC 85602027 Resection of transverse colon, open approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual work state and local governments are buying under it. The recent solicitations tagged with this code—inmate medical services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary care, peer support for peer workers, and fire department medical direction—bear no relationship to surgical resection procedures. The code shows no relevant recent procurement activity.

State and local procurement databases occasionally misclassify opportunities in their taxonomy systems, particularly when administrative personnel assign codes to broad healthcare services without reference to the specific procedural category. This code's nominal scope describes a surgical procedure that falls outside typical state and local procurement unless tagged to a managed healthcare contract where surgical services are embedded as a line item within a comprehensive service delivery agreement. The opportunities currently posted under this code appear to reflect database configuration errors rather than genuine state and local demand for surgical resection services as standalone line items.