UNSPSC 85901141: Monaural hearing aid assessment using assistive listening equipment

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a physical rehabilitation intervention or procedure of monaural hearing aid assessment using assistive listening equipment. This 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 F14Z2LZ

UNSPSC 85901141 Monaural hearing aid assessment using assistive listening equipment, a Commodity code, shows little direct alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—audiology assessment and hearing aid fitting—does not match the opportunities tagged to it in the recent record. Instead, the recent opportunities under this code overwhelmingly solicit sign language interpreting services, special education contracted services (including audiology as one line item among many), and unrelated health plan IT solutions. Of the six recent opportunities, only two—Tacoma Public Schools' special education contracted services (RFP26021C, due July 3, 2026) and Hillsborough County Public Schools' interpreting services (RFP 26041RFPDST, due April 15, 2026)—name audiology or hearing support as part of a broader special education basket, and both frame these as subordinate service categories within larger, multi-specialty procurements. The remaining opportunities (Katy ISD sign language interpreting, Eanes ISD special education, and Inland Empire Health Plan NLP solution) do not address audiology or hearing assessment at all, suggesting inconsistent or erroneous code assignment across the solicitations.

The issuing bodies soliciting under this code are predominantly Texas and Florida independent school districts and county school systems, with one California health plan. Katy ISD (Houston area) and Eanes ISD (Austin area) in Texas have each posted special education contracted services solicitations; Tacoma Public Schools (Washington) solicited special education services; and Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida posted a dedicated interpreting services RFP with an estimated annual budget of $950,000. When audiology or hearing support services do appear, they are nested within larger special education or administrative service bundles rather than standalone procurements. The geographic spread spans Texas, Florida, and Washington, with no clear concentration. Given the widespread mismatch between the code's stated scope and the actual solicitation content, this code appears to function as a miscellaneous catch-all for special education and accessibility services rather than a reliable signal for discrete hearing aid assessment and fitting work. Business development professionals should treat this code with caution; opportunities of genuine relevance to audiology assessment would likely be more reliably sourced through special education services codes or dedicated audiology-specific procurement channels.