UNSPSC 85603924: Bypass jejunum to ascending colon via natural or artificial opening nonautologous tissue substitute, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass jejunum to ascending colon via natural or artificial opening nonautologous tissue substitute, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic. 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 0D1A8KK

UNSPSC 85603924, a Commodity code nominally describing a specific surgical procedure (bypass jejunum to ascending colon via natural or artificial opening nonautologous tissue substitute), shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its abstract scope. The six recent opportunities tagged to this code — including independent medical evaluations for public safety pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for state ferry workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing — represent procurement of medical evaluation administration, benefits management, occupational health compliance, custodial healthcare delivery, and clinical labor. None involves procurement or specification of the surgical procedure the code nominally describes.

The mismatch suggests the code has been misapplied in tagging these opportunities, or the UNSPSC classification system in use by these issuing bodies does not align the code to its clinical procedure definition. State and local procurement activity under this code label is not meaningfully predictive of demand for the surgical service itself. Entities pursuing work in medical evaluation coordination, health plan carve-out management, occupational health services, or healthcare staffing may find opportunities tagged here, but the code does not currently signal procurement of bypass jejunum procedures or related surgical supplies and services.