UNSPSC 85552921: Drainage of left lacrimal gland, percutaneous approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to drainage of left lacrimal gland, 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 089W3ZZ

UNSPSC 85552921 Drainage of left lacrimal gland, percutaneous approach is a Commodity code with minimal relevance to active state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a specific surgical procedure on the lacrimal gland, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it reflect no such procedure-specific work. Instead, the tagged opportunities span occupational medical surveillance, pharmacy benefit management, temporary health professional staffing, independent disability medical evaluations, surgical benefit carve-outs for Centers of Excellence networks, and emergency medical services for youth in custody—none of which align with lacrimal gland drainage procedures. The mismatch suggests either a tagging error in the source data or a misuse of this code as a catch-all for medical services categories. No state or local government has posted a solicitation for lacrimal gland drainage services or related ophthalmologic surgical procedures under this code in the recent activity window.

The recent opportunities instead reflect broader healthcare administration and staffing procurements by California counties (Santa Clara, Collier), Washington State (ferries occupational surveillance), Arizona cities (Phoenix retirement boards), and Texas counties (Harris juvenile probation), driven by employee benefit plan management and clinical staffing needs rather than specialty surgical procedures. Any pursuit based on the code's nominal name alone would be counterproductive. Firms active in occupational health services, PBM administration, or clinical temporary staffing may see opportunities in those category clusters, but the code itself does not reliably signal them.