V2799: Vision item or service, miscellaneous
V2799 is a HCPCS Level II code for vision item or service, miscellaneous. 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 2026Q4-Oct. 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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The CMS record for V2799
- Long descriptor
- Vision item or service, miscellaneous
- Short descriptor
- Misc vision item or service
- 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 V2799
HCPCS has no hierarchy: related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If V2799 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- V2783Lens, index greater than or equal to 1.66 plastic or greater than or equal to 1.80 glass, excludes polycarbonate, per lens
- V2784Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens
- V2785Processing, preserving and transporting corneal tissue
- V2786Specialty occupational multifocal lens, per lens
- V2787Astigmatism correcting function of intraocular lens
- V2788Presbyopia correcting function of intraocular lens
- V2790Amniotic membrane for surgical reconstruction, per procedure
- V2797Vision supply, accessory and/or service component of another hcpcs vision code
- V5008Hearing screening
- V5010Assessment for hearing aid
- V5011Fitting/orientation/checking of hearing aid
- V5014Repair/modification of a hearing aid
- V5020Conformity evaluation
- V5030Hearing aid, monaural, body worn, air conduction
- V5040Hearing aid, monaural, body worn, bone conduction
- V5050Hearing aid, monaural, in the ear