UNSPSC 85603649: Inspection of lower intestinal tract, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to inspection of lower intestinal tract, 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 0DJD0ZZ

UNSPSC 85603649 Inspection of lower intestinal tract, open approach is a Commodity code with minimal substantive alignment to state and local procurement activity in the recent opportunities sample. The code nominally describes a specific medical procedure — endoscopic examination of the colon — yet recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code are procuring broader occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, surgical Centers of Excellence networks, and emergency medical services for youth in custody. These opportunities span administrative medical review, occupational screening, managed care benefit carve-outs, and staffing coordination rather than direct clinical procedures. The issuing bodies are state transportation departments, county health systems, retirement boards, county commissioners' offices, and local government human resources functions — a diverse set of administrative and operational health program buyers rather than clinical procedure providers.

Recent solicitations show geographic spread across Arizona, California, Washington, Texas, and Florida, with no dominant jurisdiction. The Phoenix Retirement Office issued RTMRFP26001 for independent medical evaluation services covering disability record summarization and scheduling for approximately 75 annual pension applications, with a five-year term maximum compensation of $750,000 and proposals due October 16, 2026. The Washington State Department of Transportation posted RFP20260825 for occupational medical surveillance across 14 ferry system locations, requiring physician supervision and covering baseline and periodic examinations across four personnel categories, with proposals due October 9, 2026. Santa Clara Health System issued RFSQHHSFY270052 to establish a qualified vendor pool for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories, with no guaranteed volume and proposals due October 7, 2026. The code shows low recent activity with limited direct relevance to its stated clinical procedure scope, signaling either low demand or systematic miscoding of health administration and staffing services under this commodity designation.