UNSPSC 85602167: Bypass transverse colon to cutaneous with synthetic substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass transverse colon to cutaneous with synthetic substitute, 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 0D1L0J4

UNSPSC 85602167 Bypass transverse colon to cutaneous with synthetic substitute, open approach is a Commodity code whose abstract name does not align with the state and local procurement activity recently tagged under it. The source contains no recent opportunities soliciting the surgical procedure named in the code title. Instead, recent solicitations tagged to this code address occupational medical surveillance, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, specialty surgical carve-out benefit programs, and youth detention healthcare services — none of which concern colorectal bypass procedures or implantable medical devices. The mismatch suggests either a data-entry error in how opportunities were categorized or a fundamental misalignment between the code's intended scope and its current use in state and local procurement systems.

The recent opportunities do not support a coherent characterization of purchasing activity under this code. The issuing bodies span a state department (Washington State Department of Transportation, on behalf of Washington State Ferries), county governments (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Santa Clara County Health System), and municipalities (City of Phoenix Retirement Office, City of Long Beach), but these buyers are soliciting services unrelated to the code's stated surgical procedure scope. Without genuine recent procurement activity aligned to the code's title, the code does not present a credible opportunity pipeline for vendors with expertise in bypass grafting or related surgical implants serving state and local governments.