Refer to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines I

question 56

Multiple Choice

Refer to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines I.C.2.d which state: When a primary malignancy has been previously ________ or eradicated from its site and there is no further treatment directed to that site and there is no evidence of any existing primary malignancy, a code from category ________, Personal history of malignant neoplasm, should be used to indicate the former site of the malignancy.

• A) excised, Z85
• B) Z85, excised
• C) excised, Z84
• D) Z86, excised