UNSPSC 85602837: Resection of left large intestine, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to resection of left large intestine, open 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 0DTG0ZZ

UNSPSC 85602837, Resection of left large intestine, open approach, is a Commodity code that sits at the granular end of surgical procedure classification but shows minimal coherence with actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged under this code do not involve surgical resection procedures; instead, they span occupational medical surveillance, disability benefit medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-out program management, pharmacy benefit administration, temporary health professional staffing, specialty and emergency medical services for youth in detention, and related healthcare administrative services. State and local governments are not procuring surgical procedures themselves under this code—they are buying medical management services, provider networks, occupational health compliance support, and clinical staffing to support employee benefit plans, public safety pension determinations, detention facility healthcare, and operational occupational safety programs. The issuing bodies include county boards of commissioners, municipal retirement offices, state departments of transportation, county juvenile probation departments, and county health systems.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Arizona (Phoenix Retirement Office), California (Long Beach and Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Texas (Harris County), and Florida (Collier County). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, due October 16, 2026), focused on disability medical record summary preparation and examination scheduling for approximately 75 annual pension applications over a five-year term; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry system locations (RFP20260825, due October 9, 2026), requiring a licensed occupational-medicine physician; the City of Long Beach's RFP for a surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit program (HR26753, due October 7, 2026) offering Centers of Excellence networks for knee, hip, spine, heart, and oncology procedures; and the County of Santa Clara Health System's qualification solicitation for temporary health professional staffing across 13 ancillary clinical categories (RFSQHHSFY270052, due October 7, 2026). The code itself does not align with the work being solicited and appears to be a taxonomy mismatch in state and local procurement systems.