UNSPSC 85551011: Extirpation of matter from left conjunctiva, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to extirpation of matter from left conjunctiva, external 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 08CTXZZ

UNSPSC 85551011 Extirpation of matter from left conjunctiva, external approach is a Commodity code describing a specific surgical procedure, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged to it show little alignment with ocular surgery. Instead, the code appears mislabeled across a mix of unrelated health services solicitations including occupational medical surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing pools, and surgical benefit carve-outs for public employees. The actual work being solicited spans occupational health examinations, disability determination medical record summaries, pharmacy administration, and specialty surgical networks—none of which map to conjunctival procedures. This mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding in state and local procurement systems or that the code has been repurposed as a catchall tag for disparate medical and administrative services with no clear relationship to the code's stated scope.

The issuing bodies include county departments (Santa Clara County Health System, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), municipal retirement offices (City of Phoenix), cities (City of Long Beach), and state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office RFP for independent medical evaluation services (RTMRFP26001, response due October 16, 2026, contract value $750,000 over five years), the Washington State Department of Transportation RFP for occupational medical surveillance at Washington State Ferries (RFP20260825, response due October 9, 2026 with pre-bid conference August 31, 2026), and the County of Santa Clara Health System non-exclusive multiple-award qualification vehicle for temporary health professional staffing (RFSQHHSFY270052, response due October 7, 2026). Geographic activity spans Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington; most recent opportunities are concentrated in the West. The code's apparent overcoding or repurposing warrants clarification before treating it as a reliable procurement category for business development planning.