V2526 HCPCS Level II code: Contact lens, hydrophilic, with blue-violet filter, per lens
V2526 is the HCPCS code for “Contact lens, hydrophilic, with blue-violet filter, per lens” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
V2526Contact lens, hydrophilic, with blue-violet filter, per lens
Short description: Cntct lens blue violet
HCPCS · United States
Notes for V2526
As CMS prints them, with any note V2526 takes from the headings above it.
Note
- CMS processing note 0227: CHAPTER 15, SECTION 120 OF THE MEDICARE BENEFIT POLICY MANUAL.
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with V2526 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Non-covered by Medicare
- Medicare pricing
- Service not separately priced by Part B (e.g., services not covered, bundled, used by Part A only, etc.)
- Type of service
- Vision items or services
- BETOS category
- Undefined codes
- Added
- Oct 1, 2023
Where V2526 sits
- 1V codesVision, hearing and speech-language services
- 2Active code V2526Contact lens, hydrophilic, with blue-violet filter, per lens
Source and release
- Data release
- HCPCS Level II · October 2026
- Effective date
- Oct 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CMS
This page is built from the HCPCS Level II catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s October 2026 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
What does HCPCS code V2526 mean?
V2526 is the HCPCS code for “Contact lens, hydrophilic, with blue-violet filter, per lens” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover V2526?
CMS lists V2526’s Medicare coverage as “Non-covered by Medicare” and its pricing as “Service not separately priced by Part B (e.g., services not covered, bundled, used by Part A only, etc.)”. Coverage and payment still depend on the patient, the setting, the documentation and the payer.
Which HCPCS Level II release does this page use?
It uses CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
Codes beside V2526
All V codesV2520Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, per lensV2521Contact lens, hydrophilic, toric, or prism ballast, per lensV2522Contact lens, hydrophilic, bifocal, per lensV2523Contact lens, hydrophilic, extended wear, per lensV2524Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, photochromic additive, per lensV2525Contact lens, hydrophilic, dual focus, per lensV2530Contact 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 typeV2600Hand held low vision aids and other nonspectacle mounted aidsV2610Single lens spectacle mounted low vision aidsV2615Telescopic and other compound lens system, including distance vision telescopic, near vision telescopes and compound microscopic lens system