V2526 — Contact lens, hydrophilic, with blue-violet filter, per lens
V2526 is a HCPCS Level II code for contact lens, hydrophilic, with blue-violet filter, per lens. It belongs to the Vision, Hearing and Speech-Language Pathology section. Medicare does not pay it — see the coverage note below before you bill it.
Medicare coverage: Non-covered by Medicare
Medicare does not cover the item or service this code describes.
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 statusN
Non-covered service. Medicare does not cover it.
Global period: XXX
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The CMS record for V2526
- Long descriptor
- Contact lens, hydrophilic, with blue-violet filter, per lens
- Short descriptor
- Cntct lens blue violet
- Added
- October 1, 2023
- BETOS
- Z2
- Pricing indicator
- 00 — Not priced by Part B
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.
Service not separately priced by Part B — not covered, bundled into another service, or used by Part A only.
Codes adjacent to V2526
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If V2526 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- V2512Contact lens, gas permeable, bifocal, per lens
- V2513Contact lens, gas permeable, extended wear, per lens
- V2520Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, per lens
- V2521Contact lens, hydrophilic, toric, or prism ballast, per lens
- V2522Contact lens, hydrophilic, bifocal, per lens
- V2523Contact lens, hydrophilic, extended wear, per lens
- V2524Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, photochromic additive, per lens
- V2525Contact lens, hydrophilic, dual focus, per lens
- V2530Contact lens, scleral, gas impermeable, per lens (for contact lens modification, see 92325)
- V2531Contact lens, scleral, gas permeable, per lens (for contact lens modification, see 92325)
- V2599Contact lens, other type
- V2600Hand held low vision aids and other nonspectacle mounted aids
- V2610Single lens spectacle mounted low vision aids
- V2615Telescopic and other compound lens system, including distance vision telescopic, near vision telescopes and compound microscopic lens system
- V2623Prosthetic eye, plastic, custom
- V2624Polishing/resurfacing of ocular prosthesis
Questions about V2526
What is HCPCS code V2526?
V2526 is a HCPCS Level II code for contact lens, hydrophilic, with blue-violet filter, per lens. It sits in the Vision, Hearing and Speech-Language Pathology section.
Does Medicare cover V2526?
The CMS HCPCS file marks V2526 as "Non-covered by Medicare". Medicare does not cover the item or service this code describes.
How is V2526 paid under the physician fee schedule?
V2526 carries PFS status code N. Non-covered service. Medicare does not cover it.