UNSPSC 85551302: Revision of synthetic substitute in left eye, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to revision of synthetic 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 08W10JZ

UNSPSC 85551302 Revision of synthetic substitute in left eye, open approach is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific ophthalmic surgical procedure, but the six recent opportunities tagged with this code reflect instead a broad range of occupational health, employee benefit administration, and medical staffing services — work that does not align with the code's narrow clinical scope. The City of Phoenix Retirement Office solicited independent medical evaluation services for disability benefit determinations; the City of Long Beach requested proposals for a surgical benefit carve-out program managing Centers of Excellence; the Washington State Department of Transportation sought occupational medical surveillance services; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth; Collier County solicited pharmacy benefit management; and Santa Clara County Health System qualified vendors for temporary health professional staffing across multiple ancillary clinical categories. None of these opportunities involves ophthalmic procedure revision or synthetic implant replacement.

The mismatch between the code's definition and the work actually solicited suggests either systematic miscoding or that this UNSPSC code has been repurposed or misapplied in state and local procurement systems. Vendors pursuing ophthalmology-related opportunities should verify the actual scope of work in individual RFPs rather than relying on this code as a signal; the code does not represent a coherent procurement category for business development purposes at the state and local level.