UNSPSC 85551301: Revision of nonautologous tissue substitute in left eye, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of nonautologous tissue substitute in left eye, 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 08W10KZ

UNSPSC 85551301, Revision of nonautologous tissue substitute in left eye, open approach, is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code describes a specific surgical procedure involving tissue substitute revision in an ophthalmologic setting. The six recent opportunities tagged under this code span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out networks for employee benefits, and emergency medical services for detained youth — none of which involve tissue substitute surgery or eye-related revision procedures. The mismatch suggests either a systematic miscoding error in the opportunities or a fundamental misalignment between the code's clinical descriptor and the purchasing categories state and local bodies actually use when soliciting these services.

State and local governments are plainly buying medical evaluation, staffing augmentation, and benefits management services across the opportunities shown, but not through a code nominally describing eye surgery. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office, Washington State Department of Transportation, City of Long Beach, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, and County of Santa Clara Health System represent the issuing bodies; activity spans Arizona, Washington, California, Florida, and Texas. Without recent opportunities that genuinely track to tissue substitute revision work, this code shows little actionable activity for vendors pursuing state and local contracts in ophthalmology or surgical supply.