UNSPSC 85602935: Extirpation of matter from left large intestine, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from 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 0DCG0ZZ

UNSPSC 85602935 Extirpation of matter from left large intestine, open approach is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work actually being solicited by state and local buyers in recent opportunities. The code describes a specific surgical procedure; however, the recent solicitations posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical center-of-excellence networks, and youth detention healthcare services — none of which align with the code's nominal scope of a gastrointestinal surgical intervention. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a data quality issue in how opportunities are tagged to the UNSPSC taxonomy.

The recent opportunities come from a geographically dispersed set of issuing bodies: the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (Arizona), the City of Long Beach (California), the Washington State Department of Transportation on behalf of Washington State Ferries (Washington), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (Texas), Collier County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (California). None of these solicitations correspond to surgical procedures or surgical supply procurement. Given the absence of relevant recent activity under this code's actual commodity definition, the code presents no actionable pursuit opportunity for firms specializing in gastrointestinal surgical services or related products.