UNSPSC 85812006: Introduction of other therapeutic substance into eye, external approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a administrative intervention or procedure to introduction of other therapeutic substance into eye, external approach. This administrative 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 3E0CXGC

UNSPSC 85812006, Introduction of other therapeutic substance into eye, external approach, is a Commodity code with minimal alignment between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code's technical medical designation—a procedural intervention involving ocular substance introduction—does not match the diverse health and human services solicitations tagged under it in recent postings. State and local buyers have instead used this code to classify a broad range of occupational health, behavioral health, emergency medical, and preventive healthcare procurements that bear no relation to ophthalmologic procedures.

Recent activity shows issuing bodies spanning county health systems (Santa Clara, San Mateo, Brevard), state health and human services departments (Colorado, Texas, Nevada, New Jersey), municipal agencies (City of Phoenix, City of Atlanta, City of Ocala), county sheriffs and fire departments (Boulder County, Sarasota County, Seminole County), school districts (Parkway), and specialized purchasing cooperatives (Sourcewell, Region 7, H-GAC). Representative recent solicitations include the Nevada Health Authority's RFP 41NHA-S4038 for Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) operations (proposals due December 10, 2026), which seeks to operate senior care centers across Clark County, Washoe County, and rural Nevada at fixed monthly capitation rates ranging from $4,532.24 to $8,804.32 per participant; San Mateo County's RFP 660002627264 for handheld retinal screening devices and services (proposals due November 6, 2026), seeking portable diagnostic equipment with EPIC integration for outpatient clinics; and Inland Empire Health Plan's RFI (responses due October 31, 2026) gathering market intelligence on vendors capable of delivering 24/7 virtual urgent care services via telehealth with prescribing authority to California plan members. Activity spans California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Nevada, New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Arizona, Missouri, Oregon, and Virginia, with the highest concentration in California and Texas reflecting larger state health system footprints. The code shows no decision-relevant structure—the mismatch between code definition and actual procurement content signals either systematic taxonomy miscoding or use of a catch-all default, making this code unreliable for targeting opportunity in its stated clinical domain.