UNSPSC 85602124: Destruction of ascending colon, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to destruction of ascending 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 0D5K0ZZ

UNSPSC 85602124 Destruction of ascending colon, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The five most recent opportunities tagged to this code cover inmate medical and pharmacy services (Muscogee County Prison), pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve surgical destruction of the ascending colon or any surgical procedure whatsoever. The code's nominal scope (a specific surgical intervention) does not align with the healthcare administration, benefit management, and preventive care services actually being solicited under it in state and local markets. This mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by procurement offices or that the code has been repurposed in practice to capture broader healthcare procurement activity for which no better taxonomy exists in the UNSPSC structure.

The recent opportunities do not establish a meaningful geographic pattern or issuing-body concentration under this code. The five posted opportunities span Georgia (Muscogee County), Florida (Collier County and Monroe County), California (San Mateo County), and California (Santa Monica), with no repeat buyers evident in the sample. Response dates have passed on all but one (Monroe County's April 16, 2026 due date). Given the fundamental mismatch between the code's surgical definition and the actual procurement content, firms should verify code accuracy with the issuing body before pursuing opportunities tagged to 85602124; the code itself provides no reliable signal for business development targeting.