UNSPSC 85552427: Replacement of right vitreous with synthetic substitute, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to replacement of right vitreous with synthetic 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 08R43JZ

UNSPSC 85552427 Replacement of right vitreous with synthetic substitute, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows minimal relevance to actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span occupational health surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for public safety pension determinations, surgical benefit carve-outs for municipal employees, and information requests for emergency and specialty services in a youth detention setting. None of these solicitations involves vitreous replacement, ophthalmologic surgical implants, or the specific clinical procedure the code nominally describes. The mismatch between the code's narrow clinical scope and the breadth of general healthcare administration and staffing work posted under it suggests either systematic miscoding in source databases or use of this code as a placeholder category for healthcare services that do not fit other available taxonomies.

The issuing bodies include state health systems (Washington State Department of Transportation, Santa Clara County Health System), county government (Collier County, Harris County), and municipal retirement and benefits offices (City of Phoenix, City of Long Beach). Geographic activity is concentrated in California, Washington, Arizona, Texas, and Florida. Because the recent opportunities do not align with the code's stated clinical content, business development professionals evaluating this code should treat it as a signal that state and local procurement systems may not reliably tag surgical device or medical implant opportunities under their UNSPSC designations, and should pursue this market through direct monitoring of health system RFPs, capital equipment solicitations, and hospital procurement channels rather than relying on this taxonomy code for lead generation.