UNSPSC 85602127: Bypass sigmoid colon to cutaneous, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass sigmoid colon to cutaneous, 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 0D1N0Z4

UNSPSC 85602127 Bypass sigmoid colon to cutaneous, open approach (Commodity) shows minimal alignment between the code's nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure—and the state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The recent opportunities posted under this code reflect health care administration and management services, not surgical procedures: inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county correctional facility, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support programs for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction. State and local procurement offices are using this code to tag healthcare contracting that falls outside its intended surgical classification, suggesting either cataloging error or misapplication of the UNSPSC framework to health services that lack a direct procedural match.

The issuing bodies span county governments (Muscogee County, Collier County, and Monroe County, Florida; and San Mateo County, California) and municipal fire departments (Santa Monica Fire Department), with activity concentrated in Florida and California. The geographic spread and issuing-body diversity suggest that the mislabeling is systemic rather than isolated to a single jurisdiction's procurement office. Because the code's stated definition bears no relationship to the services actually being solicited—correctional health administration, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary care, peer mental health support, and emergency medical direction—state and local buyers using this code are unlikely to see relevant responses from firms specializing in surgical services. Firms pursuing contracts under this code should verify the actual scope of work in each RFP rather than relying on the UNSPSC descriptor, as the recent postings indicate consistent miscoding of diverse healthcare services across multiple states and government levels.