UNSPSC 85552400: Posterior chamber, retina/retinal vessels, vitreous humor, percutaneous 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 percutaneous 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 85552400 Posterior chamber, retina/retinal vessels, vitreous humor, percutaneous approach is a Class code that shows minimal alignment between the code's nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code's medical taxonomy suggests procurement of surgical supplies or devices for ophthalmologic retinal procedures; however, the recent opportunities tagged under this code involve occupational health surveillance, disability medical evaluations, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, and surgical procedure carve-out benefit programs for municipal employee health plans. None of these services or goods relate to posterior chamber ophthalmology or percutaneous retinal intervention.

The recent opportunities span diverse issuing bodies—the City of Phoenix Retirement Office (disability medical evaluations), the Washington State Department of Transportation (occupational health surveillance), the City of Long Beach (employee surgical benefit carve-out), Collier County (pharmacy benefit management), Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (emergency and specialty services for detained youth), and the County of Santa Clara Health System (temporary health professional staffing)—across Arizona, Washington, California, and Florida. The mismatch between the code's intended scope and the actual work being solicited indicates that this code carries little signal for ophthalmic device or retinal procedure supply procurement at the state and local level. Recent activity under the code does not support a meaningful business development strategy targeting posterior chamber ophthalmology procurement.