V2299 — Specialty bifocal (by report)
V2299 is a HCPCS Level II code for specialty bifocal (by report). It belongs to the Vision, Hearing and Speech-Language Pathology section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment
Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Physician fee schedule statusX
Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.
Global period: XXX
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Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of V2299 Medicare will pay on one date of service. Bill more on a single line and it is denied. The limit is not the same in every setting, so the row that matters is the one matching the claim you are building.
- practitioner
- 0 — never payable MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · CMS Policy
- outpatient
- 2 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Nature of Equipment
- DME supplier
- 2 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Nature of Equipment
The adjudication indicator decides whether exceeding the limit is worth appealing at all: MAI 1 is a line edit you can support with documentation, MAI 3 is a date-of-service edit that is also appealable, and MAI 2 is absolute — no documentation overrides it. CMS MUE 2026Q3.
The CMS record for V2299
- Long descriptor
- Specialty bifocal (by report)
- Short descriptor
- Lens bifocal speciality
- Added
- January 1, 1985
- BETOS
- D1F
- Pricing indicator
- 46 — DMEPOS
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Carrier priced — not otherwise classified, individual determination, carrier discretion, or gap-filled amounts.
Codes adjacent to V2299
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If V2299 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- V2212Spherocylinder, bifocal, plus or minus 7.25 to plus or minus 12.00d sphere, 2.25 to 4.00d cylinder, per lens
- V2213Spherocylinder, bifocal, plus or minus 7.25 to plus or minus 12.00d sphere, 4.25 to 6.00d cylinder, per lens
- V2214Spherocylinder, bifocal, sphere over plus or minus 12.00d, per lens
- V2215Lenticular (myodisc), per lens, bifocal
- V2218Aniseikonic, per lens, bifocal
- V2219Bifocal seg width over 28 mm
- V2220Bifocal add over 3.25d
- V2221Lenticular lens, per lens, bifocal
- V2300Sphere, trifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d, per lens
- V2301Sphere, trifocal, plus or minus 4.12 to plus or minus 7.00d, per lens
- V2302Sphere, trifocal, plus or minus 7.12 to plus or minus 20.00, per lens
- V2303Spherocylinder, trifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, .12-2.00d cylinder, per lens
- V2304Spherocylinder, trifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, 2.25-4.00d cylinder, per lens
- V2305Spherocylinder, trifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, 4.25 to 6.00 cylinder, per lens
- V2306Spherocylinder, trifocal, plano to plus or minus 4.00d sphere, over 6.00d cylinder, per lens
- V2307Spherocylinder, trifocal, plus or minus 4.25 to plus or minus 7.00d sphere, .12 to 2.00d cylinder, per lens
Questions about V2299
What is HCPCS code V2299?
V2299 is a HCPCS Level II code for specialty bifocal (by report). It sits in the Vision, Hearing and Speech-Language Pathology section.
Does Medicare cover V2299?
The CMS HCPCS file marks V2299 as "Carrier judgment". Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
How is V2299 paid under the physician fee schedule?
V2299 carries PFS status code X. Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.