UNSPSC 85602544: Repair left large intestine, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to repair left large intestine, via natural or artificial opening. 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 0DQG7ZZ

UNSPSC 85602544 Repair left large intestine, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code that does not match the work state and local governments are actually buying under this tag. The recent opportunities posted under this code reflect no procurement activity related to colorectal surgical repair. Instead, the six recent solicitations span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefits for municipal health plans, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which align with the code's nominal medical procedure scope. This classification mismatch suggests the code is either misapplied by issuing bodies or carries minimal relevance to state and local contracting activity.

The issuing bodies in the recent-opportunities block include a municipal retirement board (City of Phoenix), two municipal benefits divisions (City of Long Beach, Collier County Human Resources), a state transportation department (Washington State Department of Transportation), a county juvenile detention authority (Harris County), and a county health system (Santa Clara County Health System). No clear pattern of repeat buyers or geographic concentration emerges from the six opportunities; Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington each appear once. Given the mismatch between the code's stated scope and the medical services being procured, vendors should verify code assignment with issuing bodies before pursuing opportunities tagged here and monitor whether the code begins to track actual colorectal surgical repair contracting or whether these opportunities represent persistent tagging errors.