V2756 — Eye glass case
V2756 is a HCPCS Level II code for eye glass case. 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 V2756 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
- 0 — never payable MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · CMS Policy
- DME supplier
- 0 — never payable MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Published Contractor Policy
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 V2756
- Long descriptor
- Eye glass case
- Short descriptor
- Eye glass case
- Added
- January 1, 2004
- 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 V2756
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If V2756 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- V2710Slab off prism, glass or plastic, per lens
- V2715Prism, per lens
- V2718Press-on lens, fresnell prism, per lens
- V2730Special base curve, glass or plastic, per lens
- V2744Tint, photochromatic, per lens
- V2745Addition to lens; tint, any color, solid, gradient or equal, excludes photochromatic, any lens material, per lens
- V2750Anti-reflective coating, per lens
- V2755U-v lens, per lens
- V2760Scratch resistant coating, per lens
- V2761Mirror coating, any type, solid, gradient or equal, any lens material, per lens
- V2762Polarization, any lens material, per lens
- V2770Occluder lens, per lens
- V2780Oversize lens, per lens
- V2781Progressive lens, per lens
- V2782Lens, index 1.54 to 1.65 plastic or 1.60 to 1.79 glass, excludes polycarbonate, per lens
- V2783Lens, index greater than or equal to 1.66 plastic or greater than or equal to 1.80 glass, excludes polycarbonate, per lens
Questions about V2756
What is HCPCS code V2756?
V2756 is a HCPCS Level II code for eye glass case. It sits in the Vision, Hearing and Speech-Language Pathology section.
Does Medicare cover V2756?
The CMS HCPCS file marks V2756 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 V2756 paid under the physician fee schedule?
V2756 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.