UNSPSC 85603065: Dilation of right large intestine, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to dilation of right large intestine, percutaneous 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 0D7F3ZZ

UNSPSC 85603065 Dilation of right large intestine, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific medical procedure, but the recent opportunities posted under this code—independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs, occupational medical surveillance, emergency medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—do not involve the procedure named in the code. The mismatch suggests either miscoding by the issuing jurisdictions or that this code has been repurposed in state and local procurement databases in ways that depart substantially from its clinical definition. No substantive business development opportunity exists under this code's intended scope.

State and local procurement bodies appear to have tagged healthcare administration and staffing solicitations with this code label without regard to its clinical specificity. The recent opportunities span Phoenix, Long Beach, Washington State, Harris County, and Santa Clara County and involve health plan administration, pension medical reviews, occupational health programs, and temporary clinical staffing—none of which involve the gastrointestinal procedure the code is designed to name. Bidders should verify actual scope-of-work language in RFP documents rather than relying on this code assignment, and should flag coding errors to procurement offices during Q&A cycles to clarify which UNSPSC categories actually govern evaluation and contract administration.