S0518 HCPCS Level II Code: Sunglasses frames
HCPCS Level II code, maintained by CMS. Not a CPT code: CPT (HCPCS Level I) is a separate AMA code set that MedCoder does not publish. About HCPCS Level II
Medicare Coverage & Payment
- CMS short descriptor: Sunglass frames
Source: CMS HCPCS Level II release. Coverage codes indicate how Medicare treats the code, not whether a specific claim will be paid; payer policy and documentation still govern.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of S0518 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.
Nearest codes (15)
- S0500 — Disposable contact lens, per lens[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S0504 — Single vision prescription lens (safety, athletic, or sunglass), per lens[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S0506 — Bifocal vision prescription lens (safety, athletic, or sunglass), per lens[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S0508 — Trifocal vision prescription lens (safety, athletic, or sunglass), per lens[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S0510 — Non-prescription lens (safety, athletic, or sunglass), per lens[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S0512 — Daily wear specialty contact lens, per lens[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S0514 — Color contact lens, per lens[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- S0515 — Scleral lens, liquid bandage device, per lens[Sibling]— CMS HCPCS Level II code set
- and 7 more
Change history
- July 1, 2001 — Added to the code set [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger)
Sources for this page
Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.
- Code, descriptors, coverage and pricing attributes Official source data
- CMS HCPCS Alpha-Numeric (ANWEB) release — October 2026 quarterly update Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
- CMS HCPCS quarterly update files, ingested into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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MedCoder.ai. "S0518 — Sunglasses frames." HCPCS Level II October 2026. https://medcoder.ai/hcpcs/code/s0518-sunglasses-frames
Change history
- July 1, 2001Added to the code setSunglasses framesHCPCS 2001 changes
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official HCPCS Level II classifications closest to S0518 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- S0510 — Non-prescription lens (safety, athletic, or sunglass), per lens
- S0512 — Daily wear specialty contact lens, per lens
- S0514 — Color contact lens, per lens
- S0515 — Scleral lens, liquid bandage device, per lens
- S0516 — Safety eyeglass frames
- S0580 — Polycarbonate lens (list this code in addition to the basic code for the lens)
- S0581 — Nonstandard lens (list this code in addition to the basic code for the lens)
- S0590 — Integral lens service, miscellaneous services reported separately
- S0592 — Comprehensive contact lens evaluation
- S0595 — Dispensing new spectacle lenses for patient supplied frame