UNSPSC 85551497: Removal of radioactive element from right eye, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to removal of radioactive element from right eye, 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 08P031Z

UNSPSC 85551497 Removal of radioactive element from right eye, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that bears no meaningful relationship to the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The code's nominal scope—a specific clinical procedure involving radiological intervention—does not align with the work state and local governments are actually soliciting.

The six recent opportunities posted under this code span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical procedure carve-out networks, and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve radioactive-element removal or percutaneous ophthalmologic procedures. The issuing bodies include state transportation departments, county health systems, county commissioners' procurement offices, city retirement offices, and county probation departments across Arizona, California, Florida, and Washington. This code appears to be a taxonomy mismatch rather than a live procurement category for the specific procedure it names—the recent activity suggests state and local buyers are using this code as a catch-all for healthcare services contracting without precision. The mismatch substantially reduces the utility of this code for business development targeting in occupational health, benefits management, or temporary staffing.