V5220 — Hearing aid, bicros, behind the ear
V5220 is a HCPCS Level II code for hearing aid, bicros, behind the ear. It belongs to the Vision, Hearing and Speech-Language Pathology section. It was terminated on December 31, 2018 and is not valid on new claims.
This code has been terminated
CMS terminated V5220 on December 31, 2018. It stays in the file as history — a claim you are auditing from before that date may legitimately carry it — but it must not appear on a new claim. The adjacent codes below are the usual place to look for its replacement.
Medicare coverage: Non-covered by statute
Excluded from coverage by the Social Security Act itself, not by a policy decision. No documentation and no appeal changes this one — an ABN is the relevant conversation.
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.
The CMS record for V5220
- Long descriptor
- Hearing aid, bicros, behind the ear
- Short descriptor
- Behind ear bicros hearing ai
- Added
- January 1, 1982
- Terminated
- December 31, 2018
- BETOS
- O1F
- Pricing indicator
- 00 — Not priced by Part B
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.
When CMS retired it.
Berenson-Eggers Type of Service — CMS's own analytic grouping.
Service not separately priced by Part B — not covered, bundled into another service, or used by Part A only.
Codes adjacent to V5220
HCPCS has no hierarchy — related items simply sit next to each other in the numbering. If V5220 is not quite right, the correct code is very often within a few positions of it.
- V5190Hearing aid, contralateral routing, monaural, glasses
- V5200Dispensing fee, contralateral, monaural
- V5210Hearing aid, bicros, in the earterminated
- V5211Hearing aid, contralateral routing system, binaural, ite/ite
- V5212Hearing aid, contralateral routing system, binaural, ite/itc
- V5213Hearing aid, contralateral routing system, binaural, ite/bte
- V5214Hearing aid, contralateral routing system, binaural, itc/itc
- V5215Hearing aid, contralateral routing system, binaural, itc/bte
- V5221Hearing aid, contralateral routing system, binaural, bte/bte
- V5230Hearing aid, contralateral routing system, binaural, glasses
- V5240Dispensing fee, contralateral routing system, binaural
- V5241Dispensing fee, monaural hearing aid, any type
- V5242Hearing aid, analog, monaural, cic (completely in the ear canal)
- V5243Hearing aid, analog, monaural, itc (in the canal)
- V5244Hearing aid, digitally programmable analog, monaural, cic
- V5245Hearing aid, digitally programmable, analog, monaural, itc
Questions about V5220
What is HCPCS code V5220?
V5220 is a HCPCS Level II code for hearing aid, bicros, behind the ear. It sits in the Vision, Hearing and Speech-Language Pathology section.
Does Medicare cover V5220?
The CMS HCPCS file marks V5220 as "Non-covered by statute". Excluded from coverage by the Social Security Act itself, not by a policy decision. No documentation and no appeal changes this one — an ABN is the relevant conversation.
Is V5220 still valid?
No. V5220 was terminated on December 31, 2018 and should not be used on new claims.