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.

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The correct statement from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines I.C.2.d is "When a primary malignancy has been previously excised 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 Z85, Personal history of malignant neoplasm, should be used to indicate the former site of the malignancy."