HCPCS Code V2632: Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens

HCPCS code V2632 designates a posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL), a prosthetic lens implanted in the eye during cataract surgery to replace the natural crystalline lens that has been removed. It represents the standard, conventional IOL placed behind the iris and pupil in the posterior chamber after cataract extraction.

Medicare Part B covers the conventional posterior chamber IOL (V2632) when implanted during cataract surgery, but only when performed in a physician’s office (POS 11). In hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), the cost of the standard IOL is bundled into the facility’s cataract surgery payment and therefore not separately payable.

V2632 represents the conventional posterior chamber intraocular lens that replaces the natural lens during cataract surgery. V2787, on the other hand, is used to report the astigmatism-correcting functionality of a premium intraocular lens (e.g., a toric IOL). This functionality is non-covered by Medicare, meaning that while the base IOL (V2632) is covered or bundled, the additional vision-correcting feature reported under V2787 is a patient liability and must be clearly disclosed—typically with a voluntary Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN).