In ICD-10-CM coding, personal history codes are used to indicate a patient’s past medical conditions that no longer exist and are not receiving active treatment, but that may influence current care or require continued monitoring.
A. is correct because a personal history code can indeed be reported as a primary code if the encounter is specifically for screening due to a past condition.
B. is correct because personal history codes can be reported with follow-up codes to indicate that the patient is being monitored for recurrence of the past condition.
D. is correct because a personal history code is used when the patient no longer has or is being treated for that condition, but it remains relevant to the patient’s health history.
C. is false because a personal history code is not used indiscriminately on any medical record; it is only appropriate when the past condition is relevant to the current encounter or impacts current patient care.
Therefore, the correct answer is C. A personal history code is acceptable on any medical record regardless of the reason of the visit.
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