UNSPSC 85552917: Drainage of left lacrimal duct, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left lacrimal duct, 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 089Y3ZZ

UNSPSC 85552917 Drainage of left lacrimal duct, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code that shows no meaningful alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure on the lacrimal drainage system; however, the six recent opportunities posted under or near this code span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent medical evaluations for disability determinations, surgical carve-out benefit programs, and emergency medical services for detained youth. None of these solicitations involve lacrimal duct procedures or ophthalmologic surgery procurement. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or a data-integrity issue in how opportunities are being tagged to this commodity code.

The issuing bodies spanning the six opportunities include state departments (Washington State Department of Transportation), county governments (Collier County Florida, Harris County Texas, Santa Clara County California), cities (Phoenix Arizona, Long Beach California), and regional health systems. The geographic spread covers Washington, Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas. If this code were correctly applied, the most recent opportunities would signal activity in occupational health screening, benefits administration, and staffing—none of which align with surgical procedure codes. Given the evident misalignment between the code's stated scope and the actual work being solicited, pursuit under this code is not warranted without clarification from issuing bodies on the correct commodity classification for these services.