UNSPSC 85552300: Posterior chamber, retina/retinal vessels, vitreous humor, open approach

This class includes one or more of 24 standard surgical interventions or procedures on component parts of the posterior chamber, retina, retinal vessels and vitreous humor with open approach. These surgical interventions or procedures are listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 PCS under code 08.

UNSPSC 85552300 Posterior chamber, retina/retinal vessels, vitreous humor, open approach is a Class code that shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope of ophthalmic surgical procedures. The six recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code span independent medical evaluations for pension-board disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs for employee health plans, occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers, emergency and specialty care for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing—none of which address posterior chamber, retinal, or vitreous procedures or the clinical settings in which such procedures are performed. The mismatch between the code's clinical specificity and the range of non-ophthalmologic health services tagged under it suggests either inconsistent coding practices in the source systems or that this code is being used as a catch-all for medical services procurement without precision to procedure type.

The issuing bodies span county health systems (Santa Clara Health System, Collier County Board of County Commissioners, Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), city governments (City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach), state transportation departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), and special-purpose districts. The geographic spread includes Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, and Washington, with no dominant state concentration. Because the opportunities are misfiled relative to the code's scope, business development professionals should treat this code as dormant for ophthalmic procedure-related work and verify coding accuracy through direct contact with issuing bodies if pursuing health services opportunities in state and local procurement.