UNSPSC 85602326: Resection of descending colon, percutaneous endoscopic approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to resection of descending colon, percutaneous endoscopic 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 0DTM4ZZ

UNSPSC 85602326 Resection of descending colon, percutaneous endoscopic approach is a Commodity code that does not match the work actually being solicited in recent state and local opportunities. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure, but the recent-opportunities block contains no procurement activity related to colonic resection, endoscopic surgery, or related clinical procedures. Instead, the tagged opportunities span independent medical evaluation services, surgery benefit administration and center-of-excellence networks, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which align with the code's narrow procedural scope. The mismatch indicates that state and local procurement offices have tagged these medical and healthcare-administration opportunities incorrectly or that the code has been misapplied in the source data.

The code shows no relevant recent activity for firms pursuing surgical-procedure contracting or related clinical services. A business development professional should disregard this code as a procurement signal for the stated commodity. If the intent is to pursue state and local healthcare contracting more broadly, the recent opportunities suggest stronger signals under codes governing healthcare staffing, medical surveillance, pharmacy administration, and emergency medical services — none of which fall under this procedural code.