V2780 — Oversize lens, per lens
V2780 is a HCPCS Level II code for oversize lens, per lens. It belongs to the Vision, Hearing and Speech-Language Pathology section. Whether Medicare pays it depends on the coverage rule below.
Medicare coverage: Carrier judgment
Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
From the coverage field of the CMS Alpha-Numeric HCPCS File, release 2026Q3-Jul. This states Medicare’s position on the code, not on your particular claim.
Physician fee schedule statusX
Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.
Global period: XXX
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Medically Unlikely Edits — units per day
The most units of V2780 Medicare will pay on one date of service. Bill more on a single line and it is denied. The limit is not the same in every setting, so the row that matters is the one matching the claim you are building.
- practitioner
- 0 — never payable MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · CMS Policy
- outpatient
- 2 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Anatomic Consideration
- DME supplier
- 2 units MAI 3 — Date of Service Edit: Clinical · Anatomic Consideration
The adjudication indicator decides whether exceeding the limit is worth appealing at all: MAI 1 is a line edit you can support with documentation, MAI 3 is a date-of-service edit that is also appealable, and MAI 2 is absolute — no documentation overrides it. CMS MUE 2026Q3.
The CMS record for V2780
- Long descriptor
- Oversize lens, per lens
- Short descriptor
- Oversize lens/es
- Added
- January 1, 1985
- BETOS
- D1F
- Pricing indicator
- 38 — DMEPOS
The official wording. This is what the code means.
CMS's 28-character form, which is what shows up on a remittance advice.
When CMS introduced the code.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Orthotics, prosthetics, prosthetic devices and vision services. Price subject to floors and ceilings.
Codes adjacent to V2780
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If V2780 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- V2745Addition to lens; tint, any color, solid, gradient or equal, excludes photochromatic, any lens material, per lens
- V2750Anti-reflective coating, per lens
- V2755U-v lens, per lens
- V2756Eye glass case
- V2760Scratch resistant coating, per lens
- V2761Mirror coating, any type, solid, gradient or equal, any lens material, per lens
- V2762Polarization, any lens material, per lens
- V2770Occluder lens, per lens
- V2781Progressive lens, per lens
- V2782Lens, index 1.54 to 1.65 plastic or 1.60 to 1.79 glass, excludes polycarbonate, per lens
- V2783Lens, index greater than or equal to 1.66 plastic or greater than or equal to 1.80 glass, excludes polycarbonate, per lens
- V2784Lens, polycarbonate or equal, any index, per lens
- V2785Processing, preserving and transporting corneal tissue
- V2786Specialty occupational multifocal lens, per lens
- V2787Astigmatism correcting function of intraocular lens
- V2788Presbyopia correcting function of intraocular lens
Questions about V2780
What is HCPCS code V2780?
V2780 is a HCPCS Level II code for oversize lens, per lens. It sits in the Vision, Hearing and Speech-Language Pathology section.
Does Medicare cover V2780?
The CMS HCPCS file marks V2780 as "Carrier judgment". Coverage is decided by your Medicare contractor, not by national policy. Whether this is paid depends on the LCD for your jurisdiction and on what the documentation supports.
How is V2780 paid under the physician fee schedule?
V2780 carries PFS status code X. Statutory exclusion. The item or service is not within the statutory definition of 'physician services', so the fee schedule never pays it.