HCPCS Code Details - V2520

HCPCS Level II Code
Vision, Hearing and Speech-Language Pathology Services
HCPCS Code V2520
Description

Long description:
Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, per lens

Short description:
Contact lens hydrophilic

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 38 - Orthotics, prosthetics, prosthetic devices & vision services (price subject to floors and ceilings)
Multiple pricing indicator A - Not applicable as HCPCS priced under one methodology
Coverage code D - Special coverage instructions apply
BETOS2 code D1F - Prosthetic/Orthotic devices
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service Q - Vision items or services
Effective date Effective Oct 01, 2003
Date added Added Jan 01, 1984
HCPCS Coding Procedures

HCPCS Modifiers

In HCPCS Level II, modifiers are composed of two alpha or alphanumeric characters.

Example: E0260-NU - Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress
NU” identifies the hospital bed as new equipment

See also

  • HCPCS V2513 · Contact lens, gas permeable, extended wear, per lens

  • HCPCS V2521 · Contact lens, hydrophilic, toric, or prism ballast, per lens

  • HCPCS V2522 · Contact lens, hydrophilic, bifocal, per lens

  • HCPCS V2523 · Contact lens, hydrophilic, extended wear, per lens

  • HCPCS V2524 · Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, photochromic additive, per lens

  • HCPCS V2525 · Contact lens, hydrophilic, dual focus, per lens

  • HCPCS V2526 · Contact lens, hydrophilic, with blue-violet filter, per lens


1 Two-digit numeric codes are Level I code modifiers copyrighted© by the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).

2 BETOS stands for “Berenson-Eggers Type Of Service”