UNSPSC 85551447: Replacement of right lens with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right lens with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous 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 08RJ3KZ

UNSPSC 85551447 Replacement of right lens with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code with a significant mismatch between its nominal scope—a specific surgical procedure code used in medical billing and clinical settings—and the actual work being solicited by state and local governments under this classification. Recent solicitations tagged with this code do not involve ophthalmic surgical procedures or tissue replacement. Instead, state and local procurement bodies are using this code to solicit independent medical evaluation services, occupational health surveillance programs, pharmacy benefit management, temporary clinical staffing, and surgical benefit carve-out programs. The code appears to be misapplied across a range of healthcare administration, occupational medicine, and employee health services that bear no clinical relationship to lens replacement procedures. State and local issuing bodies include county human resources departments, city retirement offices, state transportation agencies, county health systems, county probation departments, and municipal procurement offices. The issuing bodies span California, Washington, Arizona, Texas, and Florida.

Recent opportunities include the City of Phoenix Retirement Office's RFP for independent medical evaluation services to support disability pension determinations across approximately 75 annual applications, with a maximum contract value of $750,000 over five years and proposals due October 16, 2026; the City of Long Beach's RFP for a surgical and medical procedure carve-out benefit program managing Centers of Excellence networks for approximately 3,800 Anthem PPO members, due October 7, 2026; the Washington State Department of Transportation's RFP for occupational medical surveillance services across 14 ferry terminal and vessel locations with a two-year base term and proposals due October 9, 2026; Harris County Juvenile Probation Department's RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth due September 25, 2026; Collier County Board of Commissioners' RFP for pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately 2,400 employees and 4,800 covered members on an initial three-year term effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028; and Santa Clara County Health System's non-exclusive multiple-award RFSQ for temporary health professional staffing across thirteen ancillary clinical categories, due October 7, 2026. This code shows no recent activity aligned with its stated clinical scope.