UNSPSC 85602122: Destruction of descending colon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of descending 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 0D5M0ZZ

UNSPSC 85602122 Destruction of descending colon, open approach is a Commodity code describing a specific surgical procedure, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code does not reflect surgical interventions. Instead, issuing bodies are soliciting medical evaluation, occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, healthcare staffing, and specialty surgical network management services—administrative, diagnostic, and preventive healthcare functions that fall outside the nominal scope of a specific surgical procedure code. The mismatch between the code's name and actual procurement activity suggests either miscoding by soliciting jurisdictions or a systematic labeling error in the taxonomy as applied to state and local healthcare contracting.

Recent opportunities span city retirement systems, county health systems, state transportation agencies, and county detention authorities across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office posted an RFP for independent medical evaluation services (response due October 16, 2026) to support disability benefit determinations for approximately 75 annual applicants across police and fire pension boards, with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years. The City of Long Beach issued an RFP for surgical specialty network and bundled payment management for Anthem PPO plan members (response due October 7, 2026), while the Washington State Department of Transportation posted an RFQ for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry terminals (response due October 9, 2026). Collier County in Florida solicited Pharmacy Benefit Management services for 2,400 covered employees (RFP 25-8414 with a historical annual spend of approximately $8.7 million), and the County of Santa Clara Health System established a qualified vendor pool for temporary ancillary clinical staffing across thirteen health professional categories (response due October 7, 2026). The code shows no decision-relevant activity aligned with its stated definition as a surgical procedure commodity.