V5299 HCPCS Level II code: Hearing service, miscellaneous
V5299 is the HCPCS code for “Hearing service, miscellaneous” in CMS’s October 2026 release, in effect from Oct 1, 2026.
Official description
V5299Hearing service, miscellaneous
Short description: Hearing service
HCPCS · United States
Medicare details
The indicators CMS publishes with V5299 in its October 2026 file. They describe Medicare’s handling, not another payer’s.
- Medicare coverage
- Special coverage instructions apply
- Medicare pricing
- Physician fee schedule – Price established by carriers (e.g., not otherwise classified, individual determination, carrier discretion)
- Type of service
- Hearing items and services
- BETOS category
- Hearing and speech services
- Added
- Jan 1, 1982
Where V5299 sits
- 1V codesVision, hearing and speech-language services
- 2Active code V5299Hearing service, miscellaneous
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 V5299 mean?
V5299 is the HCPCS code for “Hearing service, miscellaneous” in CMS’s HCPCS Level II October 2026 release.
Does Medicare cover V5299?
CMS lists V5299’s Medicare coverage as “Special coverage instructions apply” and its pricing as “Physician fee schedule – Price established by carriers (e.g., not otherwise classified, individual determination, carrier discretion)”. 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 V5299
All V codesV5286Assistive listening device, personal blue tooth fm/dm receiverV5287Assistive listening device, personal fm/dm receiver, not otherwise specifiedV5288Assistive listening device, personal fm/dm transmitter assistive listening deviceV5289Assistive listening device, personal fm/dm adapter/boot coupling device for receiver, any typeV5290Assistive listening device, transmitter microphone, any typeV5298Hearing aid, not otherwise classifiedV5336Repair/modification of augmentative communicative system or device (excludes adaptive hearing aid)V5362Speech screeningV5363Language screeningV5364Dysphagia screening