UNSPSC 85553021: Resection of left lacrimal duct, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to resection of left lacrimal duct, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic. 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 08TY8ZZ

UNSPSC 85553021 Resection of left lacrimal duct, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic is a Commodity code that does not match the work actually being solicited under it in recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a surgical procedure, yet recent opportunities posted under this code span independent medical evaluation services for pension disability determinations, surgical benefit carve-out programs for municipal health plans, occupational medical surveillance for transportation workers, emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management, and temporary health professional staffing. These solicitations are health plan administration, occupational health compliance, and workforce staffing services—none of which involve the specific lacrimal duct procedure named in the code. The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope.

The geographic spread of the six opportunities posted August through September 2026 spans Arizona (City of Phoenix), California (City of Long Beach, County of Santa Clara), Washington (Washington State Department of Transportation), Florida (Collier County), and Texas (Harris County), with issuing bodies including municipal retirement offices, city human resources departments, state transportation agencies, county health systems, and county probation departments. The mismatch between code and procurement content suggests either systematic miscoding by the jurisdictions or an upstream taxonomy problem in how these opportunities were classified for state and local procurement databases. For vendors actively tracking this code, the signal is that recent UNSPSC 85553021 activity does not represent a procurement market aligned with the code's medical procedure description.