UNSPSC 85604000: Lower digestive system-small intestine, open approach

This class includes one or more of 25 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the structures of the lower digestive system - small intestine with open approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 0D.

UNSPSC 85604000 Lower digestive system–small intestine, open approach is a Class code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged under this code—inmate medical and pharmacy services for a county prison, pharmacy benefit management for a county health consortium, virtual primary and urgent care services for a county employee health plan, peer support services for mental health workers, and fire department medical direction—reflect broad healthcare service contracting but do not correspond to the code's narrow clinical focus on surgical procedures of the small intestine. State and local governments are buying healthcare administration, managed care services, and employee health coverage under this code tag, not the gastrointestinal surgical interventions the UNSPSC category describes.

The issuing bodies are county procurement offices and county health departments across Florida (Collier County, Monroe County) and Georgia (Muscogee County), along with special-purpose health agencies in California (San Mateo County) and a city fire department in California (Santa Monica). Activity is geographically scattered with no concentration pattern. Representative opportunities include the Columbus Consolidated Government's RFP for inmate medical and pharmacy services (due May 15, 2026, with current monthly costs at $95,537.71 and a two-year initial term), Collier County's RFP for pharmacy benefit management covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members with historical annual spending near $8.7 million (due April 9, 2026), and Monroe County's RFP for virtual primary and urgent care services for 2,300 county members (due April 16, 2026). The code's tagging appears to be a data-quality issue rather than a meaningful procurement category for healthcare service vendors—vendors should verify code alignment before pursuing opportunities and treat this category as inactive for business development purposes.