Summary & Overview
HCPCS V2750: Anti-reflective Coating, Per Lens
HCPCS Level II code V2750 designates an anti-reflective coating applied per lens for prescription eyewear. This code captures a common optical enhancement that can improve visual quality and patient satisfaction. Nationally, payment and coverage for lens coatings affect access to corrective eyewear services and influence out-of-pocket costs for patients.
Key payers included in this analysis are Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Medicare. Readers will find a concise overview of the code’s clinical purpose and typical settings, plus benchmarking context where available for payer coverage and pricing patterns. The publication also summarizes common billing practices, modifier usage where applicable, and relevant policy considerations that affect whether the service is covered under vision benefits, medical plans, or durable medical equipment arrangements.
This summary equips billing managers, eye care providers, and policy analysts with the essential facts about V2750—what it represents, where it is delivered, and which major payers are relevant—along with guidance on what further details to seek from individual payer policies.
Billing Code Overview
HCPCS Level II code V2750 represents anti-reflective coating, per lens. This service is an eyewear optical supply enhancement applied to individual spectacle lenses to reduce surface reflections and improve visual clarity.
Service Type: Optical supply / lens enhancement
Typical Site of Service: Optical dispensary, ophthalmology or optometry clinic, retail eyewear provider
Data not available in the input for payers, associated taxonomies, ICD-10 diagnoses, related codes, and service line.
Clinical & Coding Specifications
Clinical Context
A patient presents to an optometry or ophthalmology practice for routine vision correction and optical lens dispensing. After refraction and prescription of spectacle lenses, the clinician or optical dispenser documents a request for an anti-reflective coating applied to each lens. Typical patients include adults with progressive myopia or hyperopia who require clear vision for near and distance tasks, computer users who report glare or digital eye strain, and drivers who report nighttime glare. The clinical workflow: the clinician performs an eye exam and refraction, issues a spectacle prescription, the optical dispenser reviews lens options with the patient, selects anti-reflective coating (billing code V2750) when elected or medically indicated, documents the lens type and coating selection in the chart, and submits the HCPCS Level II code V2750 per lens to the payer with any appropriate modifier (for example, LT for left lens or RT for right lens) on the claim. If lenses are provided as part of a post-surgical visual rehabilitation plan (for example, following corneal or cataract surgery), the coating may be billed when the lenses are separately payable under the patient’s vision or medical benefit.
Coding Specifications
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