UNSPSC 85602617: Drainage of large intestine, via natural or artificial opening

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of 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 0D9E7ZZ

UNSPSC 85602617 Drainage of large intestine, via natural or artificial opening is a Commodity code showing no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code span independent medical evaluations for public-safety pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefits, occupational medical surveillance, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management services, and temporary health professional staffing — none of which align with the code's nominal scope of a specific gastrointestinal clinical procedure. The mismatch between the code's procedural intent and the actual solicitation content suggests the code is either misapplied in the underlying data source or that state and local procurement systems are using UNSPSC taxonomy inconsistently for administrative and clinical contracting. This code does not appear to capture medical device procurement, procedure-specific equipment, or related goods and services that would logically fall under a drainage-procedure classification.

The geographic spread of the opportunities reflects activity across multiple states — Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach and County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), and Texas (Harris County) — but this geographic diversity reflects the misclassification rather than genuine market concentration. Buyers should verify whether their target jurisdictions use this code correctly before pursuing it as a category for business development. Without substantive alignment between the code definition and posted opportunities, activity under this code carries significant execution risk and warrants either detailed verification with issuing procurement offices or re-evaluation of alternative UNSPSC classifications more closely aligned with intended service lines.