UNSPSC 85901251: Visual reinforcement audiometry assessment using audiometer

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a physical rehabilitation intervention or procedure of visual reinforcement audiometry assessment using audiometer. 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 F13Z61Z

UNSPSC 85901251 Visual reinforcement audiometry assessment using audiometer is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it show no activity in audiometric testing or hearing assessment equipment. Instead, all recorded opportunities involve sign language interpreting services, audiology consultation as part of broader special education contracted-service RFPs, and unrelated health-care data processing. The code's nominal scope—clinical hearing assessment—diverges sharply from the interpreting and support-services work actually being solicited. State and local governments are buying sign language interpreting (ASL, oral, transliteration, tactile, and real-time captioning) delivered to deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind students in school districts and educational settings, along with ancillary audiology and hearing-support services as line items within comprehensive special education contracting vehicles. The issuing bodies are independent school districts (Katy ISD, Tacoma Public Schools, Hillsborough County Public Schools, Eanes ISD) and one health plan (Inland Empire Health Plan), with school districts representing the clear majority of recent procurement activity.

Recent opportunities span Texas (Katy ISD RFP 2518YT for Sign Language Interpreting Services, due July 8, 2026; Eanes ISD RFP 26-31-04-201 for Special Education Contracted Services, due April 20, 2026), Washington (Tacoma Public Schools RFP26021C for Special Education Contracted Services, due July 3, 2026), and Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 26041-DST for Interpreting Services for the Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing, due April 15, 2026). The Hillsborough RFP, with an estimated annual budget of $950,000, represents the largest single opportunity and targets 75 deaf and hard-of-hearing students requiring sign language interpreters across 235 schools. Eanes ISD estimates approximately $3,000,000 in annual contract spending for special education services, including interpreting and audiology. The interpreting-services RFPs emphasize current interpreter shortages—Hillsborough reports interpreter vacancies have doubled since 2021-22—and require interpreters to hold Board of Educational Interpreters (BEI) or Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) certification, with response times of 30 minutes and fulfillment within two hours in the Hillsborough solicitation. The code shows little relevant activity in clinical audiometric assessment; opportunities solicited under this code are primarily interpreting and related hearing-support services delivered through school-district contracting.