Refer to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines I

Refer to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines I.C.10.d.1 which states: code J95.851 should ________ be assigned for cases where the patient has pneumonia and is on a mechanical ventilator and the provider has not specifically stated that the pneumonia is ventilator-associated pneumoniA.

A) always
B) may
C) not
D) sometimes