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.