V2599 HCPCS Level II code: Contact lens, other type
V2599 is the HCPCS code for “Contact lens, other type” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
V2599Contact lens, other type
Short description: Contact lens/es other type
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with V2599 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Carrier judgment
- Medicare pricing
- DMEPOS fee schedule – Carrier priced (e.g., not otherwise classified, individual determination, carrier discretion, gap-filled amounts)
- Type of service
- Vision items or services
- BETOS category
- Prosthetic/Orthotic devices
- Added
- Jan 1, 1985
Where V2599 sits
- 1V codesVision, hearing and speech-language services
- 2Active code V2599Contact lens, other type
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 V2599 mean?
V2599 is the HCPCS code for “Contact lens, other type” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover V2599?
CMS lists V2599’s Medicare coverage as “Carrier judgment” and its pricing as “DMEPOS fee schedule – Carrier priced (e.g., not otherwise classified, individual determination, carrier discretion, gap-filled amounts)”. 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 V2599
All V codesV2523Contact lens, hydrophilic, extended wear, per lensV2524Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, photochromic additive, per lensV2525Contact lens, hydrophilic, dual focus, per lensV2526Contact lens, hydrophilic, with blue-violet filter, 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)V2600Hand 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 systemV2623Prosthetic eye, plastic, customV2624Polishing/resurfacing of ocular prosthesisV2625Enlargement of ocular prosthesis