UNSPSC 85732805: Bypass bilateral ureters to colocutaneous, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass bilateral ureters to colocutaneous, 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 0T180Z9

UNSPSC 85732805 Bypass bilateral ureters to colocutaneous, open approach is a Commodity code that shows no alignment between its nominal scope and recent state and local contract activity posted under it. The code's stated title refers to a specific surgical procedure involving urological reconstruction; however, the opportunities tagged to this code involve inmate medical and pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, virtual primary and urgent care, peer support for behavioral health workers, and fire department medical direction. None of these procurements involve urological surgery or the specialized procedure named in the code. This represents a systematic mislabeling at the source rather than a case of state and local buyers legitimately purchasing the coded service.

Given the fundamental mismatch between the code's clinical scope and the actual work being solicited under it, this code does not represent a viable market segment for business development purposes. The opportunities identified in recent postings—from Muscogee County Prison (Georgia), Collier County (Florida), Monroe County (Florida), San Mateo County (California), and Santa Monica Fire Department (California)—would be more accurately categorized under codes related to healthcare services contracting, pharmacy management, or behavioral health support, not surgical procedures. Until the coding error is corrected in the state and local procurement systems, pursuing opportunities flagged under this code will yield results unrelated to the stated commodity, and the code itself provides no useful signal for targeting actual procurement activity in medical or surgical services.