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My patient is a breast cancer survivor, status post double mastectomy and taking Tamoxifen

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My patient is a breast cancer survivor, status post double mastectomy and taking Tamoxifen. Can I code the cancer as current, since she is under treatment, or should I code for the history for breast cancer?
This is a two point question. One point for each question.
1 - Is the cancer current or is it a history?
2 - What ICD-10-CM code should be assigned to this coding scenario?