V2599 — Contact lens, other type
V2599 is a HCPCS Level II code for contact lens, other type. 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 V2599 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
- 2 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Nature of Equipment
- 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 V2599
- Long descriptor
- Contact lens, other type
- Short descriptor
- Contact lens/es other type
- 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 V2599
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If V2599 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- 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
- V2526Contact lens, hydrophilic, with blue-violet filter, 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)
- 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
- V2625Enlargement of ocular prosthesis
- V2626Reduction of ocular prosthesis
- V2627Scleral cover shell
Questions about V2599
What is HCPCS code V2599?
V2599 is a HCPCS Level II code for contact lens, other type. It sits in the Vision, Hearing and Speech-Language Pathology section.
Does Medicare cover V2599?
The CMS HCPCS file marks V2599 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 V2599 paid under the physician fee schedule?
V2599 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.