UNSPSC 85602244: Excision of ascending colon, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to excision of ascending colon, percutaneous 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 0DBK3ZZ

UNSPSC 85602244 Excision of ascending colon, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local contract opportunities tagged under it bear no meaningful relationship to the code's nominal scope. The opportunities posted since February 2026 involve inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management for county employees, virtual primary and urgent care services, peer support for mental health workers, and fire department medical direction — none of which involve surgical excision procedures. This code shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement.

The mismatch between the code's clinical-procedure name and the healthcare administration and services work actually being solicited suggests either a systematic tagging error in the source data or a fundamental misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy and how state and local procurement offices are classifying healthcare services contracting. Until the tagging is corrected, firms evaluating opportunities under this code should treat it as inactive for practical business development purposes and cross-reference healthcare services contracting under alternative code families focused on medical administration, managed care, or occupational health services.