HCPCS Code Details - S0500

HCPCS Level II Code
Commercial Payers (Temporary Codes)
HCPCS Code S0500
Description

Long description:
Disposable contact lens, per lens

Short description:
Dispos cont lens

HCPCS Modifier1
HCPCS Pricing indicator 00 - Physician Fee Schedule And Non-Physician Practitioners - Service not separately priced by part B (e.g., services not covered, bundled, used by Part A only, etc.)
Multiple pricing indicator 9 - Not applicable as HCPCS not priced separately by part B or value is not established
Coverage code I - Not payable by Medicare
BETOS2 code Z2 - Undefined codes
HCPCS Action code N - No maintenance for this code
Type of service Q - Vision items or services
Effective date Effective Jul 01, 2001
Date added Added Jul 01, 2001
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 S0400 · Global fee for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy treatment of kidney stone(s)

  • HCPCS S0504 · Single vision prescription lens (safety, athletic, or sunglass), 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”