UNSPSC 85602576: Extirpation of matter from left large intestine, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from 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 0DCG7ZZ

UNSPSC 85602576 Extirpation of matter from left large intestine, via natural or artificial opening (Commodity) shows no meaningful recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal medical procedure scope. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code span independent medical evaluations for disability pension determinations, surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefits for government employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance, specialty and emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which constitute the gastrointestinal procedure specified in the code's title. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding at the issuing body level or the code's assignment to general healthcare contracting activity rather than its specific procedure domain.

State and local healthcare procurement under codes nominally tied to procedure-level medical treatment should be verified against the actual scope of work in each solicitation. When the concrete work diverges substantially from the code name, the code may not be a reliable filter for business development targeting. Practitioners pursuing healthcare service opportunities in state and local markets should flag Commodity codes with this level of categorical mismatch and request recoding guidance from the issuing bodies or clarify the correct classification directly in Q&A phases of active solicitations.