UNSPSC 85602615: Drainage of large intestine, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of large intestine, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic. 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 0D9E8ZZ

UNSPSC 85602615 Drainage of large intestine, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual procurement activity tagged under it in recent state and local solicitations. The code nominally describes a specific gastrointestinal medical procedure, but the recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability benefit evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, surgical carve-out networks, temporary health professional staffing, and emergency medical services for detained youth — none of which involve the drainage procedure the code names. This mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding at the source level or an artifact of how state and local procurement systems apply UNSPSC taxonomy to health-care and human-services contracts.

The geographic spread of activity includes California (Long Beach, Santa Clara County), Arizona (Phoenix), Washington State, Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County), with no clear concentration in any single state. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (due October 16, 2026) supporting disability determinations for public safety personnel; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services for ferry workers across 14 locations (due October 9, 2026); and the County of Santa Clara Health System's non-exclusive qualified-vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across ancillary clinical categories (due October 7, 2026). Given the pronounced gap between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being solicited, this code does not present reliable signals for pursuing opportunities in any particular medical service line. Business development efforts should verify the correct UNSPSC classification through the issuing body before responding to notices tagged with this code.